Getting long string (terminated with newline) from Textarea in Flex

This simple task is not that simple. I can get the number of lines of textarea using mx: internals, but this is not always the longest line ending with a newline.

I've tried every possible textArea.text.split("\n") \r <br/> {/n ..

It always returns me length 1.

My eternal worship to everyone who can put me in the right direction.

Greg

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var arr:Array = texCodeArea.text.split(/\n/);
trace(arr.length);
trace("TEXT iS :", texCodeArea.text, "END"); 

      

        
        
        
      

    

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1
TEXT iS : aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbbbbbbb 
cccccc END