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String value whose width is returned.

Code Sample Example

This example draws a tight box around a variable length data selection.

Example

margin(0,0)

%Define the data. This could be a data selection.

define(&data,string,'This is a sample string')

set(&data,trimright(&data))

%Store the length

define(&dw,measure,stringwidth(&data))

moveto(1,1)

%Display the string, then draw a box around it.

show(&data)

rectstroke(1,0.86,&dw,0.2)

StringWidthUTF8 (function)

Returns the length, in inches, of the string as it would be displayed on a page, using the current font. Bear in mind that the com-

bination of many bytes sometimes results in a single glyph and that text orientation can also affect the number of glyphs dis-

played.

Syntax

stringwidthutf8(text, mode)

Arguments

text

UTF8 text string to be measured.

mode

String specifying how the contextual analysis is to be performed. Possible values are 'normal', 'reverse', and 'none' (for no con-

textual analysis).

StrToFloat (function)

Converts a string into a measure value.

Syntax

strtofloat( string ) measure value