On 22 janv. 09, at 15:39, Alan Stone wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com 
> > wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Alan Stone
> <software.list.1es9s@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there a command which returns the number of lines for a given  
> portion of
> > text ?
>
> \starttext
>
> \setbox\scratchbox\vbox{\input knuth\par}
>
> \getnoflines\htdp\scratchbox
>
> \getnoflines{\htdp\scratchbox}  % this works
>
>
> Your text has \noflines\ lines.
>
> or: Your text has \noflines lines.

Try: Your text has {\the\noflines} lines.


Best regards: OK