Can anyone help me with this expression?

Question

So I have this expression that's supposed to make my shape resize based on the text size. But for some reason, it doesn’t fully cover the text — it only covers part of it. I'm not very experienced with expressions, so I really can't figure out what's wrong. I put this expression in Rectangle Path - Size. Please help.

txt = thisComp.layer("Main Text");

x = txt.sourceRectAtTime(time, false);

txtlong = x.width;

sqwd = thisLayer.width;

t = time;

xPos = easeOut(t, inPoint, inPoint+0.5, 210, txtlong + 210);

[xPos, value[1]]

Dan Ebberts · Accepted Answer

Yeah, that's the problem. The box is small after the animation.
it looks pretty simple to me, but for some reason it just doesn't work. I also have this expession for the position of the shape to have the same position as previous shape, but i dont think it has something to do with the problem.

From your screen grab, it looks like you have the rectangle scaled to 70%.

Dan Ebberts · Answer

Is your text scaled to more than 100%? If so, you'll need to adjust your txtlong value to account for that.

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