NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     wcswidth -- number of column positions in wide-character string

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <wchar.h>

     int
     wcswidth(const wchar_t *pwcs, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The wcswidth() function determines the number of column positions
     required for the first n characters of pwcs, or until a null wide character
 (L'\0') is encountered.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The wcswidth() function returns 0 if pwcs is an empty string (L""), -1 if
     a non-printing wide character is encountered, otherwise it returns the
     number of column positions occupied.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     iswprint(3), wcwidth(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The wcswidth() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').


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