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string-length
Get the real length of a string - by correctly counting astral symbols and ignoring ansi escape codes
String#length
erroneously counts astral symbols as two characters.
Install
$ npm install string-length
Usage
import stringLength from 'string-length';
'🐴'.length;
//=> 2
stringLength('🐴');
//=> 1
stringLength('\u001B[1municorn\u001B[22m');
//=> 7
API
stringLength(string, options?)
options
Type: object
countAnsiEscapeCodes
Type: boolean
Default: false
Whether ANSI escape codes should be counted. They are ignored by default.
Related
- string-length-cli - CLI for this module
- string-width - Get visual width of a string
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