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string-length (5.0.1)

Published 2026-02-24 14:05:35 +00:00 by atheaadmin

Installation

Setup this registry in your project .npmrc file:

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To install the package using npm, run the following command:

npm install string-length@5.0.1

or add it to the package.json file:

"string-length": "5.0.1"

For more information on the npm registry, see the documentation.

About this package

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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Dependencies

Dependencies

ID	Version
char-regex	^2.0.0
strip-ansi	^7.0.1

Development Dependencies

ID	Version
ava	^3.15.0
tsd	^0.17.0
xo	^0.44.0

Keywords

unicode string length size count astral symbol surrogates codepoints ansi escape codes

Details

npm

2026-02-24 14:05:35 +00:00

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Sindre Sorhus

Project Site

MIT

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Assets (1)

string-length-5.0.1.tgz 2.1 KiB

Versions (2) View all

4.0.2 2026-02-24

5.0.1 2026-02-24