Text Formatting ⇒ height of text using \makebox

[ghostanime2001]

How can I set the height of C with the height of H+ ?

I have already defined a new lenght \co as the height of H+ but it doesn't work with \makebox even though \makebox can take \height or \totalheight as an optional argument.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem}
\newlength{\co}
\settoheight{\co}{\ce{H+}}
\begin{document}
\fbox{\makebox[\co]{C}} \fbox{\ce{H+}}
\end{document} 

[ghostanime2001]

Any suggestions ?

[NoIdeaNickanme]

Hi!
This may not be a conventional solution, however using tabular environment and \hhline within a \makebox does the trick.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem}
\usepackage{hhline}
\begin{document}

\makebox{
     \begin{tabular}{|c|}
     \hhline{-}
     C\\
     \hhline{-}
     \end{tabular}
}
\makebox{
     \begin{tabular}{|c|}
     \hhline{-}
     \ce{H+}\\
     \hhline{-}
\end{tabular}
}

\end{document}

If you still have problems with height, use tabulary environment instead.