WCWIDTH(H)          Linux Programmer's Manual          WCWIDTH(H)



NAME
       wcwidth - determine columns needed for a wide character

SYNOPSIS
       #include <wchar.h>

       int wcwidth(wint_t c);

DESCRIPTION
       The  wcwidth function returns the number of columns needed
       to represent the wide character c. If  c  is  a  printable
       wide  character,  the  value is at least 0. If c is L'\0',
       the value is 0. Otherwise -1 is returned.

RETURN VALUE
       The wcwidth function returns the number  of  column  posi-
       tions for c.

CONFORMING TO
       UNIX98

SEE ALSO
       wcswidth(h), iswprint(t)

NOTES
       The  behaviour of wcwidth depends on the LC_CTYPE category
       of the current locale.



GNU                         1999-07-25                 WCWIDTH(H)