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WCSWIDTH(3) Linux Programmer's Manual WCSWIDTH(3)
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 non‐
printable 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 │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
NOTES
The behavior of wcswidth() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.
SEE ALSO
iswprint(3), wcwidth(3)
GNU 2021-03-22 WCSWIDTH(3)