gui_strlen(3alleg4)

✨ NAME ✨

gui_strlen(3alleg4) — returns the length of a string in pixels. It's part of the Allegro game programming library, bestie. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

int gui_strlen(const char *s);

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Okay so this one is a helper function for use by the GUI routines. It returns the length of a string in pixels, and it does that while ignoring & characters. No cap. So if you're measuring text for GUI stuff, it's giving pixel length, periodt. 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• gui_textout_ex(3alleg4) — go peek at this one too, bestie. 🫶

kisses from the Allegro manual, version 4.4.3, and this iconic little page is gui_strlen(3alleg4) — slay, bye! 💖✨