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+/*
+ *  Copyright (C) 2013 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#define _XOPEN_SOURCE
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
+
+#include <i18n/i18n.h>
+
+/* Return the number of columns required to display a localised string */
+int strncols(const char *str)
+{
+	int wlen, ncols;
+	wchar_t *wstr;
+
+	wlen = mbstowcs(NULL, str, 0);
+	if (wlen <= 0)
+		return wlen;
+
+	wstr = malloc(sizeof(wchar_t) * wlen + 1);
+	if (!wstr)
+		return -1;
+
+	wlen = mbstowcs(wstr, str, wlen);
+	if (wlen <= 0) {
+		free(wstr);
+		return wlen;
+	}
+
+	ncols = wcswidth(wstr, wlen);
+
+	free(wstr);
+	return ncols;
+}