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Name

wcwidth - determine columns needed for a wide character

Synopsis


#include <wchar.h>
int wcwidth (wint_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 L'\0', the value is 0. Otherwise -1 is returned.

Return Value

The wcwidth function returns the number of column positions for c.

Conforming to

UNIX98

See Also

wcswidth(3) , iswprint(3)

Notes

The behaviour of wcwidth depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.


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