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.\" $FreeBSD$
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2002-10-03 08:49:29 +00:00
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.Dd October 3, 2002
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.Dt WCWIDTH 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm wcwidth
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.Nd "number of column positions of a wide-character code"
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In wchar.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn wcwidth "wchar_t wc"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn wcwidth
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function determines the number of column positions required to
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display the wide character
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.Fa wc .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn wcwidth
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function returns 0 if the
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.Fa wc
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argument is a null wide character (L'\e0'),
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\-1 if
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.Fa wc
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is not printable,
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otherwise it returns the number of column positions the
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character occupies.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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This code fragment reads text from standard input and
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breaks lines that are more than 20 column positions wide,
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similar to the
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.Xr fold 1
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utility:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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wint_t ch;
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int column, w;
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column = 0;
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while ((ch = getwchar()) != WEOF) {
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if ((w = wcwidth(ch)) > 0)
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column += w;
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if (column >= 20) {
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putwchar(L'\en');
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column = 0;
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}
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putwchar(ch);
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if (ch == L'\en')
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column = 0;
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}
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr iswprint 3 ,
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.Xr wcswidth 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn wcwidth
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function conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-2001 .
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