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Get the visual width of a string -\/ the number of columns required to display it \end{quote}
Some Unicode characters are \href{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfwidth_and_fullwidth_forms}{\texttt{ fullwidth}} and use double the normal width. \href{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code}{\texttt{ ANSI escape codes}} are stripped and doesn\textquotesingle{}t affect the width.

Useful to be able to measure the actual width of command-\/line output.\hypertarget{md_sfcode_node_modules_inquirer_node_modules_string_width_readme_autotoc_md12818}{}\doxysection{Install}\label{md_sfcode_node_modules_inquirer_node_modules_string_width_readme_autotoc_md12818}

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\DoxyCodeLine{\$ npm install string-\/width }

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\DoxyCodeLine{const stringWidth = require('string-\/width');}
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\DoxyCodeLine{stringWidth('a');}
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\DoxyCodeLine{stringWidth('古');}
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\DoxyCodeLine{stringWidth('\(\backslash\)u001B[1m古\(\backslash\)u001B[22m');}
\DoxyCodeLine{//=> 2 }

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\item \href{https://github.com/sindresorhus/string-width-cli}{\texttt{ string-\/width-\/cli}} -\/ CLI for this module
\item \href{https://github.com/sindresorhus/string-length}{\texttt{ string-\/length}} -\/ Get the real length of a string
\item \href{https://github.com/sindresorhus/widest-line}{\texttt{ widest-\/line}} -\/ Get the visual width of the widest line in a string
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