A fast function for calculating the visual width of a string once printed to the terminal.
npm install fast-string-widthA fast function for calculating the visual width of a string once printed to the terminal.
See fast-string-truncated-width for a lower-level version of this.
``sh`
npm install fast-string-width
`ts
import fastStringWidth from 'fast-string-width';
// The width of various classes of characters is configurable
const options = {
controlWidth: 0,
tabWidth: 8,
emojiWidth: 2,
regularWidth: 1,
wideWidth: 2
};
// Calculating the visual width of some strings
fastStringWidth ( 'hello', options ); // => 5
fastStringWidth ( '\x1b[31mhello', options ); // => 5
fastStringWidth ( '👨👩👧👦', options ); // => 2
fastStringWidth ( 'hello👨👩👧👦', options ); // => 7
// Calculating the visual width while tweaking the width of emojis
fastStringWidth ( '👶👶🏽', { ...options, emojiWidth: 1.5 } ); // => 3
``
MIT © Fabio Spampinato