Count line total in a file

Question

Say I have a file with 4 lines. In Python, how can I check this?

Given this sudo text file

line
another line
yet another line
last line

How can I iterate through this file to find the line count? Does Python have a builtin for this?

SOLUTION: With the builtin len function I was able to read the line total, thanks.

see if this answers your question https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32607370/python-how-to-get-the-number-of-lines-in-a-text-file — Joe Ferndz, Aug 16 '20 at 00:39

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 16 '20 at 00:39

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with open('filename') as f:
    print(len(f.readlines()))

This will print the number of lines in the file, because readlines() returns a list of lines in the file

answered Aug 16 '20 at 00:39

hedy

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Worked like a charm, thank you. I'll accept once the timer allows me to. – Johnny Aug 16 '20 at 00:41

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