Javascript Count Line Breaks

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Jul. 15, 08 · Code Snippet

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Returns the number of line breaks in a string.


function lineBreakCount(str){
	/* counts \n */
	try {
		return((str.match(/[^\n]*\n[^\n]*/gi).length));
	} catch(e) {
		return 0;
	}
}

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