Vim - count lines in selected range

Question

I want to count lines in a range, not matter what range, but let it be, say, a visual block. What is the shortest way to do it. All that comes to my mind is something like: '<,'>s/.//n but I don't believe it is the shortest way.

So, can somebody give me a hint? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

In visual mode, press gC-g

Typical output:

Selected 7 of 22 Lines; 8 of 32 Words; 201 of 491 Chars; 201 of 497 Bytes-- VISUAL LINE --

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Source: :he count-items (discoverable as: :heTabTab...)