Get terminal dimensions using ncurses in C

What about getmaxyx()?

Don’t use getmaxyx(), use LINES and COLS instead.

The variables are as follows:

COLS — returns the number of columns (characters horizontally)
LINES — returns the number of rows (characters vertically)

An example C program

The program below simply prints out the dimensions of the terminal.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <ncurses.h>

int main() {
  initscr(); // initialize screen
  printw("Terminal height: %d\nTerminal width: %d", LINES, COLS);
  refresh(); // actually print what we printed: refresh the screen
  return 0;
}

Compile using: gcc -lncurses program.c -o output