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.ds ZZ DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE
.TH STRWIDTH 3R "630 MTG"
.XE "strwidth()"
.XE "jstrwidth()"
.SH NAME  
strwidth, jstrwidth \- width of character string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ft B
#include <dmd.h>
.br
#include <font.h>
.sp
int strwidth (f, s) 
.sp
int jstrwidth (s) 
.sp
Font \(**f; 
.br 
char \(**s;
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I strwidth
function
returns the width in screen coordinates (pixels)
of the null-terminated string
.IR s ,
interpreted in the Font
.IR *f .
The height of a character string is simply
.IR f->height .
.PP
The call,
.IR jstrwidth(s) ,
is equivalent to
.IR "strwidth (&mediumfont, s)" .
.SH EXAMPLE
The following code fragment places the width of a string
that uses the resident font
.I largefont
into a variable called width.
.PP
.RS 3
.nf
.ft CM
\s-1
#include <dmd.h>
#include <font.h>

   .
   .

   int	width;
   Font *f = &largefont;

   width = strwidth (f, "hello world");

   .
   .

.fi
.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
infont(3L), string(3R), structures(3R).

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