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Open Text file and count the lines

  
Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Data
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Drawing.Printing

Public Class MainClass
    Shared Sub Main()
        Dim myReader As StreamReader

        Try
            myReader = File.OpenText("test.vb")
        Catch e As IOException
            Console.WriteLine(e.ToString)
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
            Exit Sub
        End Try

        Dim lineCounter As Integer = 0
        Dim currentLine As String, currentData As String

        Do
            Try
                currentLine = myReader.ReadLine
                lineCounter = lineCounter + 1
            Catch e As EndOfStreamException
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
            Finally
                currentData = currentData & currentLine & vbCrLf
            End Try
        Loop While currentLine <> Nothing

        Console.WriteLine("Number of lines read: " & lineCounter - 1 )

        myReader.Close()
        myReader = Nothing
    End Sub
End Class




           
         
    
  








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