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JavaScript

function width(tex) {
    var text = tex;
    var div = document.createElement("div");
    div.style.position="absolute";
    div.style.top="-999px";
    div.style.left="-999px";
    div.id = "width";
    div.innerHTML=tex;
    document.body.appendChild(div);
    var el = document.getElementById("width");
    var w = el.offsetWidth;
    el.parentNode.removeChild(el);
    return w;
}
var s = parseInt(width("s"), 10);
alert(s);