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Name

textWidth()

Description

Calculates and returns the width of any character or text string.

Examples

  • size(400, 400);
textSize(112);

char c = 'T';
float cw = textWidth(c);
text(c, 0, 160);
line(cw, 0, cw, 200); 

String s = "Tokyo";
float sw = textWidth(s);
text(s, 0, 340);
line(sw, 200, sw, 400);
    Image output for example 1

Syntax

  • textWidth(c)
  • textWidth(str)

Parameters

  • c(char)the character to measure
  • str(String)the String of characters to measure

Return

  • float

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