d class="parameter_name"><p>width</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>The desired width of an image surface to be created.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<a name="cairo-format-stride-for-width.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> the appropriate stride to use given the desired
format and width, or -1 if either the format is invalid or the width
too large.</p>
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<p class="since">Since: 1.6</p>
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