# TextFormat.getTextExtent ()

#### Availability

Flash Player 6.

#### Usage

    my_fmt.getTextExtent (text, [width])

#### Parameters

`text` A string.

`width` A number that represents the width, in pixels, at which the specified text should wrap.

#### Returns

An object with the properties `width`, `height`, `ascent`, and `descent`.

#### Description

Method; returns metrics of the text string specified in the `text` parameter in this character format. The return value is an object of class Object with four properties: `width`, `height`, `ascent`, and `descent`.

If `width` is specified, word wrapping is applied to the specified text, and the `height` value returned is the total height of the wrapped text. Thus, you can determine how tall a text box must be to show all of the specified text.

The `text` string is treated as plain text (not HTML).

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