WCSWIDTH(3)                POSIX Programmer's Manual               WCSWIDTH(3)



PPRROOLLOOGG
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NNAAMMEE
       wcswidth -- number of column positions of a wide-character string

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       #include <wchar.h>

       int wcswidth(const wchar_t *_p_w_c_s, size_t _n);

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       The _w_c_s_w_i_d_t_h() function shall determine the number of column positions
       required for _n wide-character codes (or fewer than _n wide-character
       codes if a null wide-character code is encountered before _n wide-
       character codes are exhausted) in the string pointed to by _p_w_c_s.

RREETTUURRNN VVAALLUUEE
       The _w_c_s_w_i_d_t_h() function either shall return 0 (if _p_w_c_s points to a null
       wide-character code), or return the number of column positions to be
       occupied by the wide-character string pointed to by _p_w_c_s, or return -1
       (if any of the first _n wide-character codes in the wide-character
       string pointed to by _p_w_c_s is not a printable wide-character code).

EERRRROORRSS
       No errors are defined.

       _T_h_e _f_o_l_l_o_w_i_n_g _s_e_c_t_i_o_n_s _a_r_e _i_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_v_e_.

EEXXAAMMPPLLEESS
       None.

AAPPPPLLIICCAATTIIOONN UUSSAAGGEE
       This function was removed from the final ISO/IEC 9899:1990/Amendment
       1:1995 (E), and the return value for a non-printable wide character is
       not specified.

RRAATTIIOONNAALLEE
       None.

FFUUTTUURREE DDIIRREECCTTIIOONNSS
       None.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       _w_c_w_i_d_t_h()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, _S_e_c_t_i_o_n _3_._1_0_3, _C_o_l_u_m_n
       _P_o_s_i_t_i_o_n, <<wwcchhaarr..hh>>

CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT
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