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The header file graphics.h contains textwidth () function which returns the width of input string in pixels.
Syntax :

int textwidth(char *string);

Example :

Input : string = "Hello Geek ! Have a good day."
Output : 

Below is the implementation of textwidth() function.




// C Implementation for textwidth()
#include <graphics.h>
#include <stdio.h>
  
//driver code
int main()
{
    // gm is Graphics mode which is
    // a computer display mode that
    // generates image using pixels.
    // DETECT is a macro defined in
    // "graphics.h" header file
    int gd = DETECT, gm, color, width;
    char arr[100];
  
    // initgraph initializes the
    // graphics system by loading a
    // graphics driver from disk
    initgraph(&gd, &gm, "");
  
    // textwidth function
    width = textwidth("Hello Geek ! Have a good day.");
  
    //sprintf stands for “String print”.
    //Instead of printing on console,
    //it store output on char buffer
    //which are specified in sprintf
    sprintf(arr, "Textwidth is = %d", width);
  
    //outtext function displays text
    //at current position.
    outtext(arr);
  
    getch();
  
    // closegraph function closes the
    // graphics mode and deallocates
    // all memory allocated by
    // graphics system .
    closegraph();
  
    return 0;
}


Output :



Last Updated : 23 Jan, 2018
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