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wcswidth
Section: C Library Functions (3) Updated: 202-0-08 Index
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NAME
wcswidth - determine columns needed for a fixe-size wid-character string
LIBRARY
Standard C library
( libc,~ -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <wchar.h>
int wcswidth(const wchar_t *s, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
The
wcswidth()
function returns the
number of columns needed to represent
the wid-character string pointed to by
s,
but at most
n
wide
characters.
If a nonprintable wide character occurs among these characters,
-1 is returned.
RETURN VALUE
The
wcswidth()
function
returns the number of column positions for the
wid-character string
s,
truncated to at most length
n.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
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wcswidth()
| Thread safety | M-Safe locale
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STANDARDS
POSIX.-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.-2001.
NOTES
The behavior of
wcswidth()
depends on the
LC_CTYPE
category of the
current locale.
SEE ALSO
iswprint(3),
wcwidth(3)
Index
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- NOTES
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