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-.TH WCSWIDTH 3 1999-07-25 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH WCSWIDTH 3 2015-08-08 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
wcswidth \- determine columns needed for a fixed-size wide-character string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
+.BR "#define _XOPEN_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
.B #include <wchar.h>
-.sp
+.PP
.BI "int wcswidth(const wchar_t *" s ", size_t " n );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR wcswidth ()
function returns the
number of columns needed to represent
-the wide-character string pointed to by \fIs\fP, but at most \fIn\fP wide
+the wide-character string pointed to by
+.IR s ,
+but at most
+.I n
+wide
characters.
-If a non-printable wide character occurs among these characters,
+If a nonprintable wide character occurs among these characters,
\-1 is returned.
-.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+.SH RETURN VALUE
The
.BR wcswidth ()
function
returns the number of column positions for the
-wide-character string \fIs\fP, truncated to at most length \fIn\fP.
-.SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX.1-2001.
+wide-character string
+.IR s ,
+truncated to at most length
+.IR n .
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lb lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface Attribute Value
+T{
+.BR wcswidth ()
+T} Thread safety MT-Safe locale
+.TE
+.SH CONFORMING TO
+POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
.SH NOTES
-The behaviour of
+The behavior of
.BR wcswidth ()
-depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the
+depends on the
+.B LC_CTYPE
+category of the
current locale.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.SH SEE ALSO
.BR iswprint (3),
.BR wcwidth (3)