Characters Per Line Counter

Count characters in each line of text. Identify long lines and analyze line length distribution.

Enter Your Text

Trim Spaces (ignore leading/trailing spaces)

Exclude Empty Lines

Warning at: characters

Line Length Guidelines

Code: 80-120 characters (traditional limit)
Terminal/Console: 80 characters
Email plain text: 72-78 characters
Git commit messages: 50-72 characters
Readability (web): 45-75 characters

Common Use Cases

📝 Code review (check line length limits)
📧 Email formatting (avoid wrapping issues)
📄 Text file validation
📊 Data column width checking
✍️ Content optimization for readability

How It Works

Text is split by newline characters (\n)
Each line's length is counted
Spaces can be trimmed for accuracy
Empty lines can be excluded
Warnings highlight lines exceeding limit