man pages section 3: Curses Library Functions

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

COLS(3XCURSES)

Name

COLS - number of columns on terminal screen

Synopsis

cc [ flag... ] file... –I /usr/xpg4/include –L /usr/xpg4/lib \
–R /usr/xpg4/lib –lcurses [ library... ]

c89 [ flag... ] file... –lcurses [ library ... ]

#include <curses.h>

extern int COLS;

Description

The external variable COLS indicates the number of columns on the terminal screen.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability
Committed
MT-Level
Unsafe
Standard

See also

initscr(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)