wcswidth - Online Linux Manual PageSection : 3
Updated : 2022-12-15
Source : Linux man-pages 6.03

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NAMEwcswidth − determine columns needed for a fixed-size wide-character string

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LIBRARYStandard C library (libc, −lc)

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SYNOPSIS#define _XOPEN_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */ #include <wchar.h>int wcswidth(const wchar_t *s, size_t n);

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DESCRIPTIONThe wcswidth() function returns the number of columns needed to represent the wide-character string pointed to by s, but at most n wide characters. If a nonprintable wide character occurs among these characters, −1 is returned.

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RETURN VALUEThe wcswidth() function returns the number of column positions for the wide-character string s, truncated to at most length n.

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ATTRIBUTESFor an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). InterfaceAttributeValue wcswidth() Thread safetyMT-Safe locale

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STANDARDSPOSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

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NOTESThe behavior of wcswidth() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

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SEE ALSOiswprint(3), wcwidth(3) 0

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