string_split_by_width()
Link to string_split_by_width()
function string_split_by_width(_str, _line_width, _font=draw_get_font()) {
if (_str == undefined) return;
if (_line_width < 0) _line_width = 10000000; // means nothing will "wrap"
var _prev_font = draw_get_font();
draw_set_font(_font);
var _whitespace = " ";
var _newline = chr(0x0a); // \n
var _newline2 = chr(0x0d); // \r
var _arr = [];
var _arr_index = 0;
// put newlines in
var _length = string_length(_str);
// Allocate new space
var _new_str = _str;
var lastChar = string_char_at(_new_str, 0);
var _start = 0;
var _end = 0;
while (_start < _length)
{
var total = 0;
// If width < 0 (i.e. no wrapping required), then we DON'T strip spaces from the start... we just copy it! (sounds wrong.. but its what they do...)
if (_line_width == 10000000)
{
while (_end < _length && string_char_at(_new_str, _end) != _newline && string_char_at(_new_str, _end) != _newline2)
{
_end++;
if (_end < _length) lastChar = string_char_at(_new_str, _end); else lastChar = chr(0x0);
}
var c;
if (_end < _length) c = string_char_at(_new_str, _end); else c = String.fromCharCode(0x0);
if ((_newline == lastChar) && (_newline2 == string_char_at(_new_str, _end))) { _end++; continue; } // ignore, we've already split the line on #10
if ((_newline2 == lastChar) && (_newline == string_char_at(_new_str, _end))) { _end++; continue; } // ignore, we've already split the line on #13
lastChar = string_char_at(_new_str, _end);
_arr[_arr_index++] = string_copy(_new_str, _start, _end-_start); // add into our list...
}
else
{
// Skip leading whitespace
while (_end < _length && total < _line_width)
{
c = string_char_at(_new_str, _end);
if (string_char_at(_new_str, _end) != _whitespace) break;
total += string_width(c);
_end++;
}
// Loop through string and get the number of chars that will fit in the line.
while (_end < _length && total < _line_width)
{
c = string_char_at(_new_str, _end);
if (c == _newline) break; // if we hit a newline, then "break" here...
total += string_width(c); // add on width of character
_end++;
}
// If we shot past the end, then move back a bit until we fit.
if (total > _line_width)
{
_end--;
total -= string_width(string_char_at(_new_str, _end)); // add on width of character
}
// END of line
if (string_char_at(_new_str, _end) == _newline)
{
//_new_str[_end] = 0x00;
_arr[_arr_index++] = string_copy(_new_str, _start, _end-_start);
} else
{
// NOT a new line, but we didn't move on... fatal error. Probably a single char doesn't even fit!
if (_end == _start)
{
draw_set_font(_prev_font);
return _arr;
}
// If we don't END on a "space", OR if the next character isn't a space AS WELL.
// then backtrack to the start of the last "word"
if (_end != _length)
{
if ((string_char_at(_new_str, _end) != _whitespace) || (string_char_at(_new_str, _end) != _whitespace && string_char_at(_new_str, _end + 1) != _whitespace))
{
var e = _end;
while (_end > _start)
{
if (string_char_at(_new_str, --e) == _whitespace) break; // FOUND start of word
}
if(e!=_start)
{
_end = e;
}
else {
while(string_char_at(_new_str, _end)!=_whitespace)
_end++;
}
}
}
var __end = _end;
if (__end > _start)
{
while (string_char_at(_new_str, __end - 1) == _whitespace && __end>0)
{
__end--;
}
}
// else if (_end == _start) // if we're back to the START of the string... look for the next space - or string end.
// {
// while (_new_str[_end] != _whitespace && _end < _length)
// {
// _end++;
// }
// }
if(__end!=_start)
_arr[_arr_index++] = string_copy(_new_str, _start, __end-_start);
}
}
_start = ++_end;
}
draw_set_font(_prev_font);
retur