what is String "s" ? as far as i can tell s doesnt change in the for loops. so the width is always the same as well.

here is some additional code:

could you past one line of your source text file? i believe there are easier ways to get the parts of the line you need.
when printing out name1 in the end, what do you get? the different names ? is it working?

yeah it is working, it spits out all the 100 names...

hmm i tested it and seems like it is working, i get different textWidths,
just check the code and uncommend the strings from above. You get different results.
But where do finally use the variable tl ?


String stats = "1. All The While (Calibre) 140 - Drum 'n Bass";
//String stats = "2. Sturmvogel (Legowelt) 136 - Electro";
//String stats = "3. Nuisance Lover (Legowelt) 134 - Electro";
for(int i = 0; i < 1; i++) {
  println(stats);
  String s = stats;
  int pos = s.indexOf('.');
  String rank = s.substring(0,pos);
  println(rank);
  s = s.substring(pos+1);
  println(s);
  pos = s.indexOf( '-');
  String name = s.substring(0,pos);
  println(name);
  s = s.substring(pos+1);
  println(s);
  pos = s.lastIndexOf( '-');
  String total = s.substring(0,pos+1);
  println(total);
  String genre = s.substring(pos+1 );
  println(genre);

  int r = int(rank);
  int t = int(total.trim());
  String name1 = name.trim();
  println(name1);

  pushMatrix();
  fill(255);
  textSize(14);
  textAlign(RIGHT);
  float tl = textWidth(name1);
  println(tl);
  text("" + name1, -width/3, ((-600+(r*12))));
  popMatrix();

  pushMatrix();
  colorMode(HSB);
  fill(t/7,255,255);
  rect(-width/3.05, (-600+(r*12)), t/7, -10);
  popMatrix();
}

yes it works here too! thanks!

how the hell is your code working? i get alot of errors. dupliacted variables etc... is this your running code ?

I editted it down a little because it was getting too long.