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

text width can be different for different parents, for example if u add a text into h1 tag it will be wider than div or label, so my solution like this:

alert(calcTextWidth("bir iki", $("#header1")));

function calcTextWidth(text, parentElem){
    var Elem = $("").css("display", "none").text(text);
    parentElem.append(Elem);
  var width = Elem.width();
  Elem.remove();
    return width;
}