string-render

This module is written on typescript, and contains the .d.ts file. If you write on typescript: just use it in your project and definitions will be automatically uploaded.

npm i -S string-render

About

This module replaces all escape sequence by spaces and line breaks.

Warning!

This module does not supported an ANSI escape codes. And simply removes them before forming line.

const sr = require('string-render')
const inspect = require('util').inspect
const assert = require('assert')
const chalk = require('chalk')

var actColor = sr(`${chalk.green(`12${chalk.red('345')}67`)}8\r!${chalk.blue('@#$')}`)
var actClear = sr('12345678\r!@#$')
var exp = '!@#$5678'
assert.equal(inspect(actColor), inspect(exp))
assert.equal(inspect(actClear), inspect(exp))

Examples

const sr = require('string-render')
const inspect = require('util').inspect
const assert = require('assert')

var act = sr('some\be\rsom\vstrange\r\vline')
var exp = 'some\n'
        + '   strange\n'
        + 'line'
assert.equal(inspect(act), inspect(exp))

var act = sr('1\b\v2\b\v3')
var exp = '1\n'
        + '2\n'
        + '3'
assert.equal(inspect(act), inspect(exp))

var act = sr('wow\rwow\f space\t!\rbig\n01234567012345670')
var exp = 'wow\n'
        + 'big space       !\n'
        + '01234567012345670'
assert.equal(inspect(act), inspect(exp))

Related

• string-true-oneline - transforms a string to a oneline string considering escape sequences
• murky - like util.format with additional placeholders