Calculating text width

Question

I\'m trying to calculate text width using jQuery. I\'m not sure what, but I am definitely doing something wrong.

So, here is the code:

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Answer 1

$.fn.textWidth = function(){
        var w = $('body').append($('')).find('#textWidth').html($(this).html()[0]).width();
        $('#textWidth').remove();
        console.log(w);
        return w;
    };

almost a one liner. Gives you the with of the first character