wcswidth - Man Page
determine columns needed for a fixed-size wide-character string
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
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 |
Standards
POSIX.1-2008.
History
POSIX.1-2001.
Notes
The behavior of wcswidth() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.
See Also
Referenced By
foot.ini(5), unigenwidth(1), utf-8(7), wcwidth(3).
2024-05-02 Linux man-pages 6.9.1