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April 4, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
Slice a string with ANSI escape codes
Install
npm install slice-ansi
Usage
import chalk from 'chalk';
import sliceAnsi from 'slice-ansi';
const string = 'The quick brown ' + chalk.red('fox jumped over ') +
'the lazy ' + chalk.green('dog and then ran away with the unicorn.');
console.log(sliceAnsi(string, 20, 30));
API
sliceAnsi(string, startSlice, endSlice?)
string
Type: string
String with ANSI escape codes. Like one styled by chalk.
startSlice
Type: number
Zero-based visible-column index at which to start the slice. Grapheme clusters (for example, emoji sequences and combining marks) are kept intact.
endSlice
Type: number
Zero-based visible-column index at which to end the slice.
If a full grapheme cluster would cross endSlice, it is excluded.
Related
- wrap-ansi - Wordwrap a string with ANSI escape codes
- cli-truncate - Truncate a string to a specific width in the terminal
- chalk - Terminal string styling done right