attempt to write text in full

arduino/Screen code/Screen-code-full/Screen-code-full.ino

@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ void loop() {
   // writeText(Answer[0], 2, 50, 300, 4000);
   displayText.writeText(Question[i], 3, 0, 0, 0, true, false);
   displayText.writeText(Answer[i], 3, 0, 200, 0, true, true);
-  delay(20000);
+  delay(2000);
 }

arduino/Screen code/Screen-code-full/displayText.cpp

@@ -11,14 +11,15 @@ void DisplayText::writeText(char* text, int size, int posX, int posY, int screen
   if (center) {
     posX = centerText(text);
   }
-  if (bottom) {
+  // if (bottom) {
-    posY = bottomText(text);
+  //   posY = bottomText(text);
-  }
+  // }
   tft.setCursor(posX, posY);
   tft.setTextSize(size);
   printWordsFull(text);
   delay(screenTime);
 }
+
 //to center the text when enabled in the public function
 int DisplayText::centerText(char* text) {
   int16_t x1, y1; 
@@ -27,49 +28,49 @@ int DisplayText::centerText(char* text) {
   int x = (tft.width() - w) / 2;
   return x;
 }
-//to dijsplay the text at the bottom when enabled in the public function
+
-int DisplayText::bottomText(char* text) {
+// //to display the text at the bottom when enabled in the public function
-  int16_t x1, y1;
+// int DisplayText::bottomText(char* text) {
-  uint16_t w, h;
+//   int16_t x1, y1;
-  tft.getTextBounds(text, 0, 0, &x1, &y1, &w, &h);
+//   uint16_t w, h;
-  int y = (tft.height() - h);
+//   tft.getTextBounds(text, 0, 0, &x1, &y1, &w, &h);
-  return y;
+//   int y = (tft.height() - h);
-}
+//   return y;
+// }
 
 //attempt to write the text out in full (wip)
 void DisplayText::printWordsFull(char* text) {
-  
+    const int screenWidth = 320; // replace with your TFT display width
-    char* textArray[100];
+    const int lineHeight = 22; // replace with your text line height
-    int i = 0;
+
-    //copy the text into a variable so the string can be re-used later
-    char* textCopy = strdup(text);
-    //split the text into words and put them into a array
     char* word = strtok(text, " ");
+    char line[100] = "";
+    int lineCount = 0;
+
     while (word != NULL) {
-        textArray[i] = word;
+        char tempLine[100];
-        word = strtok(NULL, " ");
+        strcpy(tempLine, line);
-        i++;
+        strcat(tempLine, word);
-    }
+        strcat(tempLine, " ");
 
-    int lineWidth = 0;
+        int16_t x1, y1;
-    int maxLineWidth = 320; // replace with the width of your TFT display
+        uint16_t w, h;
-    int charWidth = 11; // replace with the width of your characters
+        tft.getTextBounds(tempLine, 0, 0, &x1, &y1, &w, &h);
-    for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
-        //count the amount of letters in the word 
-        int wordLength = strlen(textArray[j]);
 
-        // If the word won't fit on the current line, move to the next line 
+        if (w > screenWidth && strlen(line) > 0) {
-        if (lineWidth + wordLength * charWidth > maxLineWidth) {
+            tft.setCursor(0, lineHeight * lineCount);
-            tft.println();
+            tft.println(line);
-            //reset lineWidth
+            lineCount++;
-            lineWidth = 0;
+            strcpy(line, word);
+            strcat(line, " ");
+        } else {
+            strcpy(line, tempLine);
         }
-        //print the text
-        tft.print(textArray[j]);
-        tft.print(" ");
-        lineWidth += (wordLength + 1) * charWidth; // +1 for the space
-    }
-  //removes textCopy out of the memory
-  free(textCopy);
 
+        word = strtok(NULL, " ");
+    }
+
+    // print the last line
+    tft.setCursor(0, lineHeight * lineCount);
+    tft.println(line);
 }

arduino/Screen code/Screen-code-full/displayText.h

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class DisplayText {
   private:
     Adafruit_ST7796S_kbv& tft;
     int centerText(char* text);
-    int bottomText(char* text);
+    // int bottomText(char* text);
     void printWordsFull(char* text);
 
   public: