Line Counter

How many lines are in this list?

Before importing a customer list into an app, uploading a file of phone numbers to an SMS service or handing in a class list, you need the exact number of lines. Counting by hand works up to about twenty, then mistakes creep in. Jood's line counter gives you three figures instantly: total lines, non-empty lines and characters.

How to use it

1. Paste your text or list into the box.
2. Click "Start Now".
3. Read the three figures at the top of the result.

What each figure means

• Total Lines: every line in the text, including blank lines between paragraphs. A blank line after the very end of the text is not counted, since it is only an extra press of Enter.
• Non-Empty Lines: lines that actually contain something. In a list, this is usually the number you want, because it equals the number of items.
• Characters: every character, spaces and line breaks included.

The gap between the first two figures tells you how many blank lines the text contains. If a list that should be continuous has a lot of them, expect empty records when you import it.

Common uses

• Checking how many people are on a list before sending it to an office or an organizer.
• Counting the lines of a poem, or of a text that has to fit a set length.
• Comparing the number of rows in a CSV file before and after an import, to make sure nothing went missing.

If the list turns out longer than expected, it may contain repeats, which the remove duplicate lines tool takes out. To number the lines themselves, use add line numbers.

Where your text goes

The text is sent to Jood's server to be counted, and the figures appear on the same page. The text is not kept afterwards.