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Fast text-wrapping in Cobra

A fast implementation of text-wrapping (a.k.a. word-wrapping) for the Cobra programming language.

Program
   Uses

       keyset,
       pure2d
   
Const
   WT_ARRAY_SIZE = 1024
   LINE_SPACING = 1.0

Var
   breakPoint: Array [WT_ARRAY_SIZE] of Integer
   breakPointString: String
   breakPointLength: Array [WT_ARRAY_SIZE] of Integer
   breakPointForce: Array [WT_ARRAY_SIZE] of Boolean

Function TextWrap(x: Integer, y:Integer, w: Integer, s: String, buf: Element) : Integer
Var

   i, l, c, t, j: Integer
   txtl, txth, txtx: Integer
   lineStart: Integer
Begin

   l = Length(s)
   
   // First breakpoint
   breakPoint[0] = 1
   t = 1
   
   // Find potential breakpoints (space or newline)
   For i = 1 to l
       c = Asc(Mid(s, i, 1))
       If (c = 10) or (c = 32) then
           
           // Remove linebreak
           If (c = 10) then
               s = Left(s, i-1) + " " + Right(s, l-i)
               breakPointForce[t] = TRUE
           Else
               breakPointForce[t] = FALSE
           Endif
       
           breakPoint[t] = i + 1                         
           Inc(t)
       Endif
       
       If
t = (WT_ARRAY_SIZE - 2) then break
   Next

   
   // End
   If t < (WT_ARRAY_SIZE - 2)
       breakPoint[t] = l + 1                         
       Inc(t)
   Endif
   
   // Determine breaks
   txtl = 0
   txtx = 0
   lineStart = 1
   
   For i = 1 to (t)
       breakPointString = Mid(s, breakPoint[i-1], breakPoint[i] - breakPoint[i-1])
       breakPointLength[i] = TextWidth(breakPointString, buf)
       If i = 1 then txth = TextHeight(breakPointString, buf)
       
       If (txtl + breakPointLength[i] > w) or (breakPointForce[i-1]) or (i = (t)) then
           
           // Reached limit - render line
           For j = lineStart to (i-1)
               Text(x + txtx, y, Mid(s, breakPoint[j-1], breakPoint[j] - breakPoint[j-1]), buf)
               txtx = txtx + breakPointLength[j] // Increment x
           Next
           
           If
breakPointForce[i-1] = TRUE then breakPointForce[i-1] = FALSE // Stop forced linebreak
           lineStart = i                   // Increment line starting index
           y = y + (txth * LINE_SPACING)   // Increment y
           If i < (t) then Dec(i)          // Rewind loop
           txtl = 0                        // Reset Line length
           txtx = 0                        // Reset x
                   
       Else
           txtl = txtl + breakPointLength[i]
       Endif
   Next

   
   breakPointString = ""
   result = y

End

Var
   s1, s2, s3: String
   y: Integer
Begin

   OpenScreen(1024, 768, 32, FALSE, COB_SHOWBORDER)

   // First two paragraphs of Orwell's 1984    
   s1 = "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him."+Chr(10)+Chr(10)+"The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. At one end of it a coloured poster, too large for indoor display, had been tacked to the wall. It depicted simply an enormous face, more than a metre wide: the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black moustache and ruggedly handsome features. Winston made for the stairs. It was no use trying the lift. Even at the best of times it was seldom working, and at present the electric current was cut off during daylight hours. It was part of the economy drive in preparation for Hate Week. The flat was seven flights up, and Winston, who was thirty-nine and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle, went slowly, resting several times on the way. On each landing, opposite the lift-shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran."
   s2 = Chr(10)+"This is a Second call to TextWrap, continued after the first TextWrap returned the y position to continue from."
   s3 = Chr(10)+"This is a short line."
   
   SetFont("verdana", 10, 0, ScreenBuffer)
   PenColor(ToRGBA(100,100,255))
   y = TextWrap(10, 10, 390, s1, screenbuffer)
   PenColor(ToRGBA(100,255,100))
   TextWrap(10, y, 390, s2, screenbuffer)
   PenColor(ToRGBA(200,200,100))
   y = TextWrap(420, 10, 594, s1, screenbuffer)
   PenColor(ToRGBA(255,100,100))
   TextWrap(420, y, 594, s3, screenbuffer)
   
   While KeyHits(VK_ESCAPE) < 1
   
       Flip
       Pause
(1)
   Wend

End

Please modify & use this code freely.

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