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Name	textWidth()
Examples	textSize(28); char c = 'T'; float cw = textWidth(c); text(c, 0, 40); line(cw, 0, cw, 50); String s = "Tokyo"; float sw = textWidth(s); text(s, 0, 85); line(sw, 50, sw, 100);
Description	Calculates and returns the width of any character or text string.
Syntax	textWidth(c) textWidth(str)
Parameters	c char: the character to measure str String: the String of characters to measure
Returns	float
Related	loadFont() text() textFont() textSize()

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