COLUMNS (int)

Character width of terminal

Description

COLUMNS returns the cell width of the terminal.

Some characters might be more than or less than 1 (one) cell in width, such as Chinese logograms and zero-width joiners. Whereas one ASCII character is the same width as one terminal cell.

This is a reserved variable so it cannot be changed.

Synonyms

• columns
• COLUMNS

See Also

• Interactive Shell: What's different about Murex's interactive shell?
• Reserved Variables: Special variables reserved by Murex
• set: Define a local variable and set it's value
• str (string): string (primitive)
• string (stringing): string (primitive)

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