text_length(3alleg)

text_length3alleg

Returns the length of a string in pixels. allegro game programming library.

Usage

#include <allegro.h>

int text_length(const FONT *f, const char *str);

Overview

Returns the length (in pixels) of a string in the specified font. Example:

   int width = text_length(font, "I love spam");
   ...
   bmp = create_bitmap(width, height);

Releases

4 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0–6.0

From liballegro-doc 2:4.2.2-2.2 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.