How to count chars in string but with newline as one character

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I try to count characters in result of textarea. It can contains many lines.

text = '''1 2 3'''

if I use len(text) the result is 7, because it counts each newline as two characters (which is quite possible CR+LF are two characters). But I want to count it as one character - is there any method or I have to count newlines and substract it?

Perhaps replacing the \r\n with \n might simplify it and make it more cross platform. — Jeppe
– Jeppe, Commented Dec 25, 2021 at 9:41
I'm not sure if it is secure to change form input - what if browser requires cr+lf? Or you mean not to change text just analyze its clone with replaced \r\n — Tomasz Brzezina
– Tomasz Brzezina, Commented Dec 25, 2021 at 12:28
Yeah, I meant only for counting. I think your solution is fine from a performance perspective. — Jeppe
– Jeppe, Commented Dec 25, 2021 at 12:44

Tomasz Brzezina · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-25 09:48:11Z

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For now I use:

number_of_chars = len(text)-text.count('\r')

answered Dec 25, 2021 at 9:48

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