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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

const stringLength = require('string-length');

'🐴'.length;
//=> 2

stringLength('🐴');
//=> 1

stringLength('\u001B[1municorn\u001B[22m');
//=> 7


Related


string-length-cli - CLI for this module

string-width - Get visual width of a string


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