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#include <pc.h> int ScreenCols(void); |
This function returns the number of columns of the screen. It does so by looking at the byte at the absolute address 40:4Ah in the BIOS area. In text modes, the meaning of number of columns is obvious; in graphics modes, this value is the number of columns of text available when using the video BIOS functions to write text.
The number of columns.
ANSI/ISO C | No |
POSIX | No |
int available_columns = ScreenCols(); |