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wcwidth
Section: C Library Functions (3) Updated: 202-0-08 Index
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NAME
wcwidth - determine columns needed for a wide character
LIBRARY
Standard C library
( libc,~ -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <wchar.h>
int wcwidth(wchar_t wc);
DESCRIPTION
The
wcwidth()
function returns the number of columns
needed to represent the wide character
wc.
If
wc
is a printable wide character, the value
is at least 0.
If
wc
is null wide character (L[aq][rs]0[aq]), the value is 0.
Otherwise, -1 is returned.
RETURN VALUE
The
wcwidth()
function returns the number of
column positions for
wc.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
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wcwidth()
| Thread safety | M-Safe locale
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STANDARDS
POSIX.-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.-2001.
Note that before glibc 2.2.5, glibc used the prototype
int wcwidth(wint_t wc);
NOTES
The behavior of
wcwidth()
depends on the
LC_CTYPE
category of the
current locale.
SEE ALSO
iswprint(3),
wcswidth(3)
Index
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- NOTES
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