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NAME
wcswidth - number of column positions of a wide-character string
SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h> int wcswidth(const wchar_t *pwcs, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
The wcswidth() function shall determine the number of column positions required for n wide-character
codes (or fewer than n wide-character codes if a null wide-character code is encountered before n wide-
character codes are exhausted) in the string pointed to by pwcs.
RETURN VALUE
The wcswidth() function either shall return 0 (if pwcs points to a null wide-character code), or return
the number of column positions to be occupied by the wide-character string pointed to by pwcs, or return
-1 (if any of the first n wide-character codes in the wide-character string pointed to by pwcs is not a
printable wide-character code).
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
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
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
wcwidth() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 3.103, Column Position,
<wchar.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition,
Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 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 .