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WCSWIDTH(3)	      DragonFly Library Functions Manual	   WCSWIDTH(3)

NAME

wcswidth -- number of column positions in wide-character string

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <wchar.h> int wcswidth(const wchar_t *pwcs, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

The wcswidth() function determines the number of column positions required for the first n characters of pwcs, or until a null wide charac- ter (L'\0') is encountered.

RETURN VALUES

The wcswidth() function returns 0 if pwcs is an empty string (L""), -1 if a non-printing wide character is encountered, otherwise it returns the number of column positions occupied.

SEE ALSO

iswprint(3), wcwidth(3)

STANDARDS

The wcswidth() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1''). DragonFly 3.5 May 30, 2008 DragonFly 3.5