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WCWIDTH
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3 )Updated: 1999-07-25
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NAME
wcwidth - determine columns needed for a wide characterSYNOPSIS
#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
UNIX98SEE ALSO
wcswidth(3), iswprint(3)NOTES
The behaviour of wcwidth depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.
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