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 WCWIDTH
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3) Updated: 2017-09-15 Index
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NAME
wcwidth - determine columns needed for a wide character
  
SYNOPSIS
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE       /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <wchar.h>
int wcwidth(wchar_t c);
 
 
DESCRIPTION
The
 wcwidth()
function returns the number of columns
needed to represent the wide character
 c.
If
 c
is a printable wide character, the value
is at least 0.
If
 c
is null wide character (Laq\0aq), the value is 0.
Otherwise, -1 is returned.
  
RETURN VALUE
The
 wcwidth()
function returns the number of
column positions for
 c.
  
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
 attributes(7).
 
| Interface | Attribute | Value
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wcwidth()
 | Thread safety | MT-Safe locale
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CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
 
Note that glibc before 2.2.5 used the prototype
 
 
int wcwidth(wint_t c);
 
 
NOTES
The behavior of
 wcwidth()
depends on the
 LC_CTYPE
category of the
current locale.
  
SEE ALSO
iswprint(3),
 wcswidth(3)
  
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