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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);

Syntax

textWidth(c)
textWidth(str)

Parameters

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

Return

float

loadFont()
text()
textFont()
textSize()

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