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.TH WCSWIDTH 3  2015-08-08 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
wcswidth \- determine columns needed for a fixed-size wide-character string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#define _XOPEN_SOURCE" "             /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
.B #include <wchar.h>
.PP
.BI "int wcswidth(const wchar_t *" s ", size_t " n );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR wcswidth ()
function returns the
number of columns needed to represent
the wide-character string pointed to by
.IR s ,
but at most
.I n
wide
characters.
If a nonprintable wide character occurs among these characters,
\-1 is returned.
.SH RETURN VALUE
The
.BR wcswidth ()
function
returns the number of column positions for the
wide-character string
.IR s ,
truncated to at most length
.IR n .
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lb lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.BR wcswidth ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe locale
.TE
.SH CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
.SH NOTES
The behavior of
.BR wcswidth ()
depends on the
.B LC_CTYPE
category of the
current locale.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR iswprint (3),
.BR wcwidth (3)
.SH COLOPHON
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