Function for counting lines?

[rocki]

Can someone point me in the direction of a function that will count the lines in another cpp file I have?
thx

 

[Guest_imported]

Cmon think about it.....

in pseudocode....
zero counter
open file
read first line (will end in \n)
was read successful?
if yes ++counter
anymore to read?
if yes read next line
if no return counter

not too hard. now u turn that into c++

 

[Guest_imported]

oh yeah forgot to close file. but im sure u wont make that mistake now.

 

[rocki]

thanks, I can figure the psuedo code - I'm green and trying to learn.