Width of a chunk : Chunk « PDF « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. PDF
3. Chunk

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import com.lowagie.text.Chunk;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class MainClass {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Document document = new Document();
    PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
    document.open();
    Chunk c = new Chunk("this is a test");
    float w = c.getWidthPoint();
    Paragraph p = new Paragraph("The width of the chunk: '");
    p.add(c);
    p.add("' is ");
    p.add(String.valueOf(w));
    p.add(" points or ");
    p.add(String.valueOf(w / 72f));
    p.add(" inches or ");
    p.add(String.valueOf(w / 72f * 2.54f));
    p.add(" cm.");
    document.add(p);
    document.add(c);

    document.close();
  }
}