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<h1>draw_set_halign</h1>
<p>This function is used to align text along the horizontal axis and changing the horizontal alignment will change the position and direction in which all further text is drawn with the default value being <tt>fa_left</tt>. The following constants are
accepted:</p>
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<th>Alignment</th>
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<td>fa_left</td>
<td style="text-align: center"><img alt="fa_left example" src="../../../../assets/Images/Scripting_Reference/GML/Reference/Drawing/fa_left.png"/></td>
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<td>fa_center</td>
<td style="text-align: center"><img alt="fa_center example" src="../../../../assets/Images/Scripting_Reference/GML/Reference/Drawing/fa_center.png"/></td>
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<td>fa_right</td>
<td style="text-align: center"><img alt="fa_right example" src="../../../../assets/Images/Scripting_Reference/GML/Reference/Drawing/fa_right.png"/></td>
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<h4>Syntax:</h4>
<p class="code">draw_set_halign(halign);</p>
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<th>Description</th>
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<td>halign</td>
<td>Horizontal alignment.</td>
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<h4>Returns:</h4>
<p class="code">N/A</p>
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<h4>Example:</h4>
<p class="code">draw_set_halign(fa_left);<br/> draw_text(100, 32, "Score: " + string(score));<br/> draw_set_halign(fa_right);
<br/> draw_text(room_width - 100, 32, "Health: " + string(health));</p>
<p>The above code will draw two strings on the same line, with the score being left-hand aligned and the health being right-hand aligned.</p>
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