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wcwidth - get number of column positions of wide character code

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Syntax

#include <wchar.h>

int wcwidth(wint_t wc);

Description

wcwidth() determines the number of column positions required for the wide character wc.
The value of wc must be a character representable as a wchar_t, and must be a wide
character code corresponding to a valid character in the current locale.

Return val.


-1

0

1

if wc does not correspond to a representable wide character code.

if wc is a null wide-character code.

if wc corresponds to a representable wide character code.

Notes

Restriction
This version of the C runtime system only supports 1-byte characters as wide character
codes. They are of type wchar_t (see stddef.h). (End)

See also

wchar.h.