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39 lines
875 B
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# string-length [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/string-length)
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> Get the real length of a string - by correctly counting astral symbols and ignoring [ansi escape codes](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-ansi)
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`String#length` errornously counts [astral symbols](https://web.archive.org/web/20150721114550/http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/unicode/unicode_astral.html) as two characters.
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## Install
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```
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$ npm install string-length
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```
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## Usage
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```js
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const stringLength = require('string-length');
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'🐴'.length;
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//=> 2
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stringLength('🐴');
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//=> 1
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stringLength('\u001B[1municorn\u001B[22m');
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//=> 7
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```
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## Related
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- [string-width](https://github.com/sindresorhus/string-width) - Get visual width of a string
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## License
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MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)
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