NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       wcwidth - determine columns needed for a wide character

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <wchar.h>

       int wcwidth (wint_t c);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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    [Toc]    [Back]

       The wcwidth function returns the number of column positions for c.

CONFORMING TO    [Toc]    [Back]

       UNIX98

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       wcswidth(3), iswprint(3)

NOTES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  behaviour  of wcwidth depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current
 locale.



GNU				  1999-07-25			    WCWIDTH(3)