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NAME
wchar_t - wide-character type
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc)
SYNOPSIS
bash
#include <stddef.h>bash
typedef\n /* ... */ \nwchar_t;bash
#include <stdint.h>bash
#define WCHAR_WIDTH \n/* ... */
\n#define WCHAR_MAX \n/* ... */
\n#define WCHAR_MIN \n/* ... */DESCRIPTION
wchar_t is a type used for storing a wide character. It is an integer type.
STANDARDS
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
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)