wcswidth(3)						     Library Functions Manual						       wcswidth(3)

NAME

       wcswidth - Determines the display width of wide-character strings

LIBRARY

       Standard C Library (libc)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <wchar.h>

       int wcswidth(
	       const wchar_t *pwcs,
	       size_t n);

STANDARDS

       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

       wcswidth():  XSH5.0

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS

       Contains a pointer to the wide-character string.  Specifies the maximum number of wide characters whose display width is to be determined.

DESCRIPTION

       The wcswidth() function determines the number of display columns to be occupied by the number of wide characters specified by the n parame-
       ter in the string pointed to by the pwcs parameter. The behavior of the wcswidth() function is affected by  the	LC_CTYPE  category.  Fewer
       than the number of wide characters specified by the n parameter are counted if a null wide character is encountered first.

EXAMPLES

       The following example finds the display column width of a wide-character string:

       #include  <wchar.h>  #include  <locale.h>  main() {	wchar_t *pwcs;	    int  retval, n ;	  (void)setlocale(LC_ALL, "");	    /* Let
       pwcs point to a wide-character null-terminated	   ** string. Let n be the number of wide characters whose	** display column width is
       to  be  determined.	  */	  retval=  wcswidth( pwcs, n );      if(retval == -1){		 /* Error handling. Invalid wide-character
       code	      ** encountered in the wide-character string pwcs. 	   */	   } }

RETURN VALUES

       The wcswidth() function returns the number of display columns to be occupied by the specified number of wide characters or (if a null  wide
       character  is encountered first) by the number of wide characters encountered before the null.  The function returns a value of 0 (zero) if
       the pwcs parameter is a null pointer or a pointer to a null pointer (that is, if either pwcs or *pwcs is null.  The function returns -1	if
       the pwcs parameter points to a nonprinting wide character.

RELATED INFORMATION

       Functions: mblen(3), wcslen(3), wcwidth(3)

       Standards: standards(5) delim off

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