javascript - How to get the number of lines in a textarea?

Question

What I would like is to count the number of lines in a textarea, e.g:

line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4

should count up to 4 lines. Basically pressing enter once would transfer you to the next line

The following code isn't working:

var text = $("#myTextArea").val();   
var lines = text.split("
");
var count = lines.length;
console.log(count);

It always gives '1' no matter how many lines.

Answer 1

The problem with using " " or " " is it only counts the number of returns, if you have a line that is long it could wrap and then it wouldn't be counted as a new line. This is an alternative way to get the number of lines - so it may not be the best way.

Edit (thanks alex):

Script

$(document).ready(function(){
 var lht = parseInt($('textarea').css('lineHeight'),10);
 var lines = $('textarea').attr('scrollHeight') / lht;
 console.log(lines);
})

Update: There is a much more thorough answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1761203/145346