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25.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/wcswidth.3,v 1.2 2002/12/09 14:04:05 ru Exp $
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27.Dd August 20, 2002
28.Dt WCSWIDTH 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm wcswidth ,
32.Nm wcswidth_l
33.Nd "number of column positions in wide-character string"
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libc
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In wchar.h
38.Ft int
39.Fo wcswidth
40.Fa "const wchar_t *pwcs"
41.Fa "size_t n"
42.Fc
43.In wchar.h
44.In xlocale.h
45.Ft int
46.Fo wcswidth_l
47.Fa "const wchar_t *pwcs"
48.Fa "size_t n"
49.Fa "locale_t loc"
50.Fc
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52The
53.Fn wcswidth
54function determines the number of column positions required for the first
55.Fa n
56characters of
57.Fa pwcs ,
58or until a null wide character (L'\e0') is encountered.
59.Pp
60Although the
61.Fn wcswidth
62function uses the current locale, the
63.Fn wcswidth_l
64function may be passed a locale directly. See
65.Xr xlocale 3
66for more information.
67.Sh RETURN VALUES
68The
69.Fn wcswidth
70function returns 0 if
71.Fa pwcs
72is an empty string (L""),
73\-1 if a non-printing wide character is encountered;
74otherwise, it returns the number of column positions occupied.
75.Sh SEE ALSO
76.Xr iswprint 3 ,
77.Xr wcwidth 3 ,
78.Xr xlocale 3
79.Sh STANDARDS
80The
81.Fn wcswidth
82function conforms to
83.St -p1003.1-2001 .