wcwidth(3p) — Linux manual page

WCWIDTH(3P)             POSIX Programmer's Manual            WCWIDTH(3P)

PROLOG         top

       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
       Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
       or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME         top

       wcwidth — number of column positions of a wide-character code

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <wchar.h>

       int wcwidth(wchar_t wc);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The wcwidth() function shall determine the number of column
       positions required for the wide character wc.  The application
       shall ensure that the value of wc is a character representable as
       a wchar_t, and is a wide-character code corresponding to a valid
       character in the current locale.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The wcwidth() function shall either return 0 (if wc is a null
       wide-character code), or return the number of column positions to
       be occupied by the wide-character code wc, or return -1 (if wc
       does not correspond to a printable wide-character code).

ERRORS         top

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES         top

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE         top

       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.

RATIONALE         top

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS         top

       None.

SEE ALSO         top

       wcswidth(3p)

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, wchar.h(0p)

COPYRIGHT         top

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
       form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
       Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
       (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
       Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any
       discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The
       Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be
       obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page
       are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of
       the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

IEEE/The Open Group               2017                       WCWIDTH(3P)

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