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See also: FONT HEIGHT (constant)

FONT WIDTH (constant)

This function allows you to obtain the width of the current font, expressed in pixels. The width depends on the currently selected graphics mode, and it can change at runtime.

There is also a compile-level function for this keyword, which is called when the value is used to initialize a constant. In this case, the value is that taken from inspecting the instructions at the time of compilation.

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SYNTAX

 = FONT WIDTH


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  • id : identifier
  • type : datatype
  • v : value
  • "..." : string
  • [...] : optional

EXAMPLE

 fontSize = FONT WIDTH


ABBREVIATION: FntWd

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In order to reduce space you can use this abbreviation for this instruction: 

FONT WIDTH (constant) ↔ FntWd

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