def METHOD_NAME(loc: int, strg: str) -> int:
    """Returns current line number within a string, counting newlines as line separators.
    The first line is number 1.
    Note - the default parsing behavior is to expand tabs in the input string
    before starting the parsing process.  See :class:`ParserElement.parseString`
    for more information on parsing strings containing ``<TAB>`` s, and
    suggested methods to maintain a consistent view of the parsed string, the
    parse location, and line and column positions within the parsed string.
    """
    return strg.count("\n", 0, loc) + 1