Re: TIB: Getting the length of strings

Re: TIB: Getting the length of strings

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• Subject: Re: TIB: Getting the length of strings
• From: Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@isd.ingham.k12.mi.us>
• Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 22:28:04 -0400
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TGaArdvark@aol.com wrote:

> >> The response will be a number, the length in character of the string. To
> >> find pixels wide, multiply by 6, as that is the width of each character in
> >> the string.
> >> To put a string at the center of the program screen, use this form:
> >> Output row,119-dim(string),string
> >>
> >> Paul DeLeeuw
> >
> > Yes, that's what I was looking for.  Very useful function.
>
> Are you sure that's right? Isn't it 119-dim(string)/2 or something
> like that?

Yes, that is actually right.  It should be:

Output row, (119-dim(string))/2, string

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