---
title: numberOfLines
framework: spritekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: spritekit/sklabelnode/numberoflines
---

# numberOfLines

Determines the number of lines to draw.

## Declaration

```swift
var numberOfLines: Int { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The default value is 1 (a single line). A value of 0 in interpreted as an unlimited number of lines. If the height of the text reaches the number of lines, the text will be truncated using the line break mode.

## See Also

### Defining a Label’s Line-Breaking Behavior

- [preferredMaxLayoutWidth](spritekit/sklabelnode/preferredmaxlayoutwidth.md)
- [lineBreakMode](spritekit/sklabelnode/linebreakmode.md)