NAME¶
wcswidth - determine columns needed for a fixed-size wide-character string
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 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.
RETURN VALUE¶
The wcswidth() function returns the number of column positions for the
wide-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 |
| wcswidth () |
Thread safety |
MT-Safe locale |
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
NOTES¶
The behavior of wcswidth() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the
current locale.
COLOPHON¶
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