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-.TH WCWIDTH 3 1999-07-25 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH WCWIDTH 3 2019-03-06 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
wcwidth \- determine columns needed for a wide character
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
-.B #define _XOPEN_SOURCE
+.BR "#define _XOPEN_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
.B #include <wchar.h>
-.sp
+.PP
.BI "int wcwidth(wchar_t " c );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR wcwidth ()
function returns the number of columns
-needed to represent the wide character \fIc\fP.
-If \fIc\fP is a printable wide character, the value
+needed to represent the wide character
+.IR c .
+If
+.I c
+is a printable wide character, the value
is at least 0.
-If \fIc\fP is L'\\0', the value is 0.
-Otherwise \-1 is returned.
-.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+If
+.I c
+is null wide character (L\(aq\e0\(aq), the value is 0.
+Otherwise, \-1 is returned.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
The
.BR wcwidth ()
function returns the number of
-column positions for \fIc\fP.
-.SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX.1-2001.
-
+column positions for
+.IR c .
+.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 wcwidth ()
+T} Thread safety MT-Safe locale
+.TE
+.SH CONFORMING TO
+POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
+.PP
Note that glibc before 2.2.5 used the prototype
-.br
+.PP
.nf
.BI "int wcwidth(wint_t " c );
.fi
.SH NOTES
-The behaviour of
+The behavior of
.BR wcwidth ()
-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 wcswidth (3),
-.BR feature_test_macros (7)
+.BR wcswidth (3)