How would I calculate the amount of spaces needed depended on a username?

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#1

So basically, I’m trying to recreate robloxs spacing method for chatting and I can’t seem to figure it out.
A simple example of this would be:

I’m trying to figure out how they calculate the amount of spaces required depending on the size of a players username.

If someone could give some suggestions or examples, that’d be nice.

How can i add spaces by len depending on username?
I need an explanation on how this works
#2

This is taken directly from the Roblox chat util module.

function methods:GetNumberOfSpaces(str, font, textSize)
	local strSize = self:GetStringTextBounds(str, font, textSize)
	local singleSpaceSize = self:GetStringTextBounds(" ", font, textSize)
	return math.ceil(strSize.X / singleSpaceSize.X)
end
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