wchar_t - wide-character type

NAME  LIBRARY  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  STANDARDS  HISTORY  NOTES  SEE ALSO 

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NAME

wchar_t − wide-character type

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <stddef.h>

typedef /* ... */ wchar_t;

#include <stdint.h>

#define WCHAR_WIDTH /* ... */
#define WCHAR_MAX /* ... */
#define WCHAR_MIN /* ... */

DESCRIPTION

wchar_t is a type used for storing a wide character. It is an integer type.

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2024.

HISTORY

C99, POSIX.1-2001.

The WCHAR_WIDTH macro was added in C23.

NOTES

The following headers also provide this type: <inttypes.h>, <stdlib.h>, <wchar.h>, <wctype.h>.

The following header also provides these macros: <wchar.h>.

SEE ALSO

wint_t(3type), fputwc(3)

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