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Syntax

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Syntax

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Good to know

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Text replace - "</u> ||" to "</center></u> ||"

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 | <u><center>y</center></u> || number || the ''y'' coordinate of the beginning of the string. Relative to ''position''.
 |-
-| <u><center>position</center></u> || string || the string’s anchor point. It can either be "baseline", “bottom”, “middle”, or “top”. See screenshot below.
+| <u><center>position</center></u> || string || the string’s anchor point (vertical alignment). It can either be "baseline", “bottom”, “middle”, or “top”. See screenshot below.
 |}
-The ''position'' argument is optional, and defaults to "bottom" when not specified.
+The ''position'' argument is optional, and defaults to "bottom" when not specified in apilevels < 2.3. For apilevels >= 2.3, the default is "top".
 == Example ==

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 |}
-The ''position'' argument is optional, but defaults to "bottom" as of OS 3.2.
+The ''position'' argument is optional, and defaults to "bottom" when not specified.
 == Example ==

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 | <u><center>position</center></u> || string || the string’s anchor point. It can either be "baseline", “bottom”, “middle”, or “top”. See screenshot below.
 |}
 == Example ==
 <syntaxhighlight>function on.paint(gc)

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 | <u><center>y</center></u> || number || the ''y'' coordinate of the beginning of the string. Relative to ''position''.
 |-
-| <u><center>position</center></u> || string || the string’s anchor point. It can either be "baseline", “bottom”, “middle”, or “top”.
+| <u><center>position</center></u> || string || the string’s anchor point. It can either be "baseline", “bottom”, “middle”, or “top”. See screenshot below.
 |}
 == Example ==
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 end</syntaxhighlight>
 will display&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hello World &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at the top-left part of the screen.
 == Good to know ==

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 == Good to know ==
-In order to clear up what 'position' does, here's an animated image with the 4 possibilities, showing a text that is drawn at the same 60;60 coordinates, but with different "position" attributes.
+In order to clear up what 'position' does, here's an animated image with the 4 possibilities, showing a text that is drawn at the same 60;60 coordinates, but with different "position" attributes.<br />
 [[File:drawString_text_position.gif]]
 <br /><br />
 [[Category:gc]]

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	This function is used to display text, numbers etc. on the screen at specified coordinates.		This function is used to display text, numbers etc. on the screen at specified coordinates.
		+

	Returns an integer corresponding to the width of the displayed string.		Returns an integer corresponding to the width of the displayed string.

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	This function is used to display text, numbers etc. on the screen at specified coordinates.		This function is used to display text, numbers etc. on the screen at specified coordinates.
		+
		+	Returns an integer corresponding to the width of the displayed string.

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 ! Parameter !! Type !! Description
 |-
-| <u><center>string</u> || string || The text to display
+| <u><center>string</center></u> || string || The text to display
 |-
-| <u><center>x</u> || number || the ''x'' coordinate of the beginning of the string. Relative to ''position''.
+| <u><center>x</center></u> || number || the ''x'' coordinate of the beginning of the string. Relative to ''position''.
 |-
-| <u><center>y</u> || number || the ''y'' coordinate of the beginning of the string. Relative to ''position''.
+| <u><center>y</center></u> || number || the ''y'' coordinate of the beginning of the string. Relative to ''position''.
 |-
-| <u><center>position</u> || string || the string’s anchor point. It can either be "baseline", “bottom”, “middle”, or “top”.
+| <u><center>position</center></u> || string || the string’s anchor point. It can either be "baseline", “bottom”, “middle”, or “top”.
 |}
 == Example  ==