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Messure text/string in textfield
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measureString.as
public static function measureString(str:String, format:TextFormat) : Number {
var textField:TextField = new TextField();
textField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; // adjust appropriately
textField.defaultTextFormat = format;
textField.text = str;
return textField.textWidth;
}
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