COLS(3XCURSES) X/Open Curses Library Functions COLS(3XCURSES)

COLS - number of columns on terminal screen

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;

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

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Standard
MT-Level Unsafe

initscr(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), attributes(7), standards(7)

June 5, 2002 OmniOS