Introduced in the 1995 ANSI M[UMPS] Windowing Application Programmer's Interface standard.
This function returns a number that indicates which substring of the value specified as a parameter will fit in the specified space when reproduced in a specific font.
SET TXT="This text needs to be printed."
SET F="COURIER",N="NORMAL",PT="POINT"
| Reference | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| $WTFIT(TXT,100,F,12,N,PT) | 14 |
This means that $EXTRACT(TXT,1,14) will fit in the space of 100 points.
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