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WCSWIDTH(3)		    Library Functions Manual		   WCSWIDTH(3)

NAME
       wcswidth	-- number of column positions in wide-character	string

LIBRARY
       Standard	C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<wchar.h>

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

DESCRIPTION
       The  wcswidth()	function determines the	number of column positions re-
       quired for the first n characters of pwcs, or until a null wide charac-
       ter (L'\0') is encountered.

RETURN VALUES
       The wcswidth() function returns 0 if pwcs is an empty string (L""),  -1
       if  a  non-printing wide	character is encountered, otherwise it returns
       the number of column positions occupied.

SEE ALSO
       iswprint(3), wcwidth(3)

STANDARDS
       The wcswidth() function conforms	to IEEE	Std 1003.1-2001	("POSIX.1").

FreeBSD	13.0			August 20, 2002			   WCSWIDTH(3)

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