Checking how many characters a string has?

[Gasil]

Hello, I am using the following snippet:

if (time < text_length)
{
    time += velocity;
    print = string_copy(text, 0, time);
 
}

To draw the letters of a string one by one on a text box. However, I'd like to give the option to make the text appear in a single frame by pressing the letter E, and then, destroy the obj_text with another E press once every character of the current string has been drawn.

Have you any idea how could I achieve that?

Thanks.

 

[YellowAfterlife]

Using string_length function.

 

[Gasil]

Using string_length function.

Thanks, I checked and it seems I already hadthe string_length function in the text_length variable; I guess I just need to do another check with time, if it's equals or greater; I will try and mess with it.