"readme":"# string-width\n\n> Get the visual width of a string - the number of columns required to display it\n\nSome Unicode characters are [fullwidth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfwidth_and_fullwidth_forms) and use double the normal width. [ANSI escape codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code) are stripped and doesn't affect the width.\n\nUseful to be able to measure the actual width of command-line output.\n\n\n## Install\n\n```\n$ npm install string-width\n```\n\n\n## Usage\n\n```js\nconst stringWidth = require('string-width');\n\nstringWidth('a');\n//=> 1\n\nstringWidth('古');\n//=> 2\n\nstringWidth('\\u001B[1m古\\u001B[22m');\n//=> 2\n```\n\n\n## Related\n\n- [string-width-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/string-width-cli) - CLI for this module\n- [string-length](https://github.com/sindresorhus/string-length) - Get the real length of a string\n- [widest-line](https://github.com/sindresorhus/widest-line) - Get the visual width of the widest line in a string\n\n\n---\n\n<div align=\"center\">\n\t<b>\n\t\t<a href=\"https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/npm-string-width?utm_source=npm-string-width&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=readme\">Get professional support for this package with a Tidelift subscription</a>\n\t</b>\n\t<br>\n\t<sub>\n\t\tTidelift helps make open source sustainable for maintainers while giving companies<br>assurances about security, maintenance, and licensing for their dependencies.\n\t</sub>\n</div>\n",
