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<h1><font size="-2">Hypertext Help with LaTeX</font><br><font color="#cc0000">\settowidth</font></h1>
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 <tt>\settowidth{len-cmd}{text}</tt>
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 The <tt>\settowidth</tt>  command  sets the value of a 
 <a href="ltx-86.html#lencmd">length command</a>, <tt>len-cmd</tt>,
 which is specified as the first argument,  equal to
 the width of the <tt>text</tt> argument in the current font.
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See <a href="ltx-86.html">Lengths</a><br>
Back to the <a href="ltx-2.html">Table of Contents</a>
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Revised: Sheldon Green, 9 May 1995.
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