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Trail: Learning the Java Language
Lesson: The Nuts and Bolts of the Java Language

Platform-Specific Details: Running the countChars Method

UNIX 
% java Count testing
Counted 44 chars.
DOS shell (Windows 95/NT) 
C:\> java Count testing
Counted 45 chars.
Note: The program gives different results for different platforms because the program counts new line characters. On UNIX, a new line is a single character: \n. In Windows 95/NT, it's two: \r\n.

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