Get the real length of a string - by correctly counting astral symbols and ignoring ansi escape codes
Package: string-length
Created by: sindresorhus
Last modified: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 21:32:37 GMT
Version: 6.0.0
License: MIT
Downloads: 109,434,899
Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/string-length
Install
npm install string-length
yarn add string-length
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
