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How do I count the line count of a script?
I'm working on making a plugin that shows info on a script when it is selected, and know how to test for the selection and get the name, but how do I count how many lines it has?
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You can use the Source property to get the source of a script. I wouldn't know how to make it so it count the lines, but it would definitely involve string patterns. http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=String_patterns Spongocardo 1991 — 10y
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You would have to get the source of the script(as Spongocardo stated) and reconstruct the entire text-I had already done something like this. This is heavily based off of BuildIn Libraries' Helper Library.
01 | function getSource(s) |
02 | local lines = {}; |
03 | local str = ""; |
04 | for i = 1, string.len(s.Source) do |
05 | if (string.sub(s.Source, i, i) == "\n") then |
06 | lines[#lines+1] = str; |
07 | str = ""; |
08 | else |
09 | str = str..string.sub(s.Source, i, i); |
10 | end |
11 | end |
12 |
13 | if (str ~= "") then |
14 | lines[#lines+1] = str; |
15 | end |
16 | return lines; |
17 | end |
Now you could do #lines to find how many lines it has.
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I think I got it using mostly the %c string pattern thing, but haven't tested it yet as I still need to make it be displayed with a GUI and add some cool random features in. dudemanloserr 15 — 10y
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Well, that didn't work, trying this way now. dudemanloserr 15 — 10y