C++ Get Total File Line Number

Question

Is there a function I can use to get total file line number in C++, or does it have to be manually done by for loop?

#include <iostream>
#include <ifstream>

ifstream aFile ("text.txt");
if (aFile.good()) {
//how do i get total file line number?

}

text.txt

line1
line2
line3

Answer 1

I'd do like this :

   ifstream aFile ("text.txt");   
   std::size_t lines_count =0;
   std::string line;
   while (std::getline(aFile , line))
        ++lines_count;

Or simply,

  #include<algorithm>
  #include<iterator>
  //...
  lines_count=std::count(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(aFile), 
             std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(), '\n');