pharmaverse / pharmaverse/formatters

`nlines` is user-facing but it does not work on general tables

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I was trying to get the global number of lines without having to get nlheader from matrix_form. So, I guess, the first question is the following: is there a function to find the total number of lines? if yes, we should document it in rtables::nrow. See here for a follow-up on this. If not, we should have one and intuitively I was searching for rtables::nlines but maybe too a specific variable in nrow like this rtables::nrow(..., with_header = T). Let me know what you think @gmbecker

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Start by examining the user-facing nrow and nlines behavior for general tables, along with the referenced matrix_form and rtables issue. Determine whether an existing function reports total lines or whether a new API is needed, then document or specify the chosen behavior and its handling of headers.

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r
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api
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
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Over a week
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Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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