xstringl — compute a box which surrounds strings
rect=xstringl(x,y,str,[fontId,fontSize])
vector of 4 real scalars defining the box.
real scalars, coordinates of the lower-left point of the strings.
matrix of strings.
an integer specifying the font type.
an integer specifying the font size.
xstringl returns in rect=[x,y,w,h]
(upper-left point, width, height) the size of a rectangle in the current
graphic scale which would surround the strings str drawn at
location x,y (lower-left point).
The result can be approximative when using the Postscript driver.
plot2d([0;1],[0;1],0) str=["Scilab" "is";"not" "elisaB"]; r=xstringl(0.5,0.5,str) xrects([r(1) r(2)+r(4) r(3) r(4)]') xstring(r(1),r(2),str) plot2d([0;1],[0;1],0) str=["Scilab" "n''est ";"pas" "Matlab"]; r2 = xstringl(0.5,0.5,str,2,5) xrects([r2(1) r2(2)+r2(4) r2(3) r2(4)]') xstring(r2(1),r2(2),str) txt2=gce(); txt2.font_size = 5; txt2.font_style = 2;