How do I right justify text in Lua?

Question

I've tried several examples on how to right justify text in Lua. So far, I have been unsuccessful. I am using Corona Sdk. Any advice is appreciated. Jerry

Answer 1

Maybe this will work:

local textObj = display.newText(.....);
textObj:setReferencePoint(display.CenterRightReferencePoint);
textObj.x = 100;

Answer 2

In new builds of Corona SDK that have graphics 2.0, you need to do this:

rowScore.anchorX = 1

Where rowScore is your variable created with display.newText . Here's a full example:

local rowScore = display.newText({
    text="My Score", 
    fontSize=40 
})
rowScore.anchorX = 1
rowScore.x = 30
rowScore.y = 100

Notice that I didn't used the align="right" parameter because it was working on the Windows Simulator but it was not working on Android.