The wcwidth() function shall determine the number of column
positions required for the wide character wc. The
application shall ensure that the value of wc is a character
representable as a wchar_t, and is a wide-character code
corresponding to a valid character in the current locale.
RETURN VALUE
The wcwidth() function shall either return 0 (if wc is
a null wide-character code), or return the number of column
positions to be occupied by the wide-character code wc, or return
-1 (if wc does not correspond to 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
wcswidth() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,
<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 .
