#include<libplot.h> unsigned int plot_stringwidth(plot_state *state, char *string);
This function determines how many pixels a string will consume in the current font and size.
#include<libplot.h> plot_state *graph; char *words[] = {"This", "is", "a", "string", "which", "is", "quite", "long.", "It", "demonstrates", "how", "to", "do", "word", "wrap", NULL}; if((graph = plot_newplot(400, 300)) == NULL){ ... error ... } plot_setfontcolor(graph, 26, 22, 249); plot_setfont(graph, "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/n021004l.pfb", 12); plot_settextlocation(graph, 20, 70); count = 0; while(words[count] != NULL){ plot_gettextlocation(graph, &textx, &texty); if((textx + plot_stringwidth(graph, words[count])) > 380){ if(texty + 70 > 150) break; plot_settextlocation(graph, 20, texty + 20); } plot_writestring(graph, words[count]); plot_writestring(graph, " "); count++; }
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