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== Synopsis ==
 
== Synopsis ==
<pre>$width(text,font,size,B,C)</pre>
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<pre>$width(text,font,size,bNiNpNtN)</pre>
  
 
== Parameters ==
 
== Parameters ==
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* '''font''' - The name of the font
 
* '''font''' - The name of the font
 
* '''size''' - The size of the font, you can specify a negative value to match the size of fonts in the font dialog
 
* '''size''' - The size of the font, you can specify a negative value to match the size of fonts in the font dialog
* '''B''' - Optional, pass a non-zero value to specify a bold font (can be a $true/$false value)
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* '''C''' - Optional, pass a non zero value to get control code to be processed (can be a $true/$false value)
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Before, there was a 4th 5th and even a 6th true/false parameters (bold, italic, and control code processing), to set some custom measurements, it was changed to a single 4th parameter when tab processing were added:
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* '''bNiNpNtN''' - Optional, defines some options for the measurement, N can be 1 or 0 to enable or disable the option:
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** '''bN''' enables/disables bold
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** '''iN''' enables/disables italic
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** '''pN''' enables/disables control code (-bi not needed there)
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** '''tN''' enables/disables tab character
  
 
== Properties ==
 
== Properties ==
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== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
 
{{mIRC|$height}}
 
{{mIRC|$height}}
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{{mIRC|$wrap}}
  
 
[[Category:mIRC identifiers]]
 
[[Category:mIRC identifiers]]

Latest revision as of 20:44, 22 January 2022

$width returns the width of text in pixel in the specified font.


Synopsis[edit]

$width(text,font,size,bNiNpNtN)

Parameters[edit]

  • text - The text you want the width of
  • font - The name of the font
  • size - The size of the font, you can specify a negative value to match the size of fonts in the font dialog

Before, there was a 4th 5th and even a 6th true/false parameters (bold, italic, and control code processing), to set some custom measurements, it was changed to a single 4th parameter when tab processing were added:

  • bNiNpNtN - Optional, defines some options for the measurement, N can be 1 or 0 to enable or disable the option:
    • bN enables/disables bold
    • iN enables/disables italic
    • pN enables/disables control code (-bi not needed there)
    • tN enables/disables tab character

Properties[edit]

None

Example[edit]

//echo -a $width(test,verdana,15)

Compatibility[edit]

Added: mIRC v5.31
Added on: 04 Jan 1998
Note: Unless otherwise stated, this was the date of original functionality.
Further enhancements may have been made in later versions.


See Also[edit]

$height $wrap