Getting the longest string (ending by a newline) out of a Textarea in Flex

Question

Hi, This somehow simple task is not so simple. I can get the number of lines of the textarea using mx:internals, but thats is not always the longest line ending by a newline.

I tried all sort of textArea.text.split("\n") \r <br/> {/n .. It always returns me the length of 1.

My eternal worshipping to anyone who can put me in the right direction.

Greg

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var arr:Array = texCodeArea.text.split(/\n/);
trace(arr.length);
trace("TEXT iS :", texCodeArea.text, "END");

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1
TEXT iS : aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbbbbbbb 
cccccc END

Answer 1

Try:

textArea.text.split(/\n/);

instead.

Answer 2

Use /\r/ instead of /\n/.

Not sure why; it just works that way.

Answer 3

s.split(/\r\n/);