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Name

textWidth()
Examples
example pic
textSize(28);

char c = 'T';
float cw = textWidth(c);
text(c, 0, 40);
line(cw, 0, cw, 50); 

String s = "Tokyo";
float sw = textWidth(s);
text(s, 0, 85);
line(sw, 50, sw, 100);
Description Calculates and returns the width of any character or text string.
Syntax
textWidth(c)
textWidth(str)
Parameters
c char: the character to measure
str String: the String of characters to measure
Returnsfloat
RelatedloadFont()
text()
textFont()
Updated on May 19, 2014 05:30:01pm PDT

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