# sindresorhus/string-length

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173 stars · 12 forks · JavaScript · MIT

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/sindresorhus/string-length
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/sindresorhus-string-length.md

## Description

Get the real length of a string - by correctly counting astral symbols and ignoring ansi escape codes

## Tags

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Text and String Utilities](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devtools/text-and-string-utilities.md) — Calculates the true visual length of a string.
- [Text Processing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devtools/text-processing.md) — Calculate real string length ignoring ANSI escape codes.