| # slice-ansi [](https://travis-ci.org/chalk/slice-ansi) [](https://github.com/xojs/xo) |
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| > Slice a string with [ANSI escape codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#Colors_and_Styles) |
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| ## Install |
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| ``` |
| $ npm install slice-ansi |
| ``` |
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| ## Usage |
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| ```js |
| const chalk = require('chalk'); |
| const sliceAnsi = require('slice-ansi'); |
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| const input = 'The quick brown ' + chalk.red('fox jumped over ') + |
| 'the lazy ' + chalk.green('dog and then ran away with the unicorn.'); |
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| console.log(sliceAnsi(input, 20, 30)); |
| ``` |
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| ## API |
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| ### sliceAnsi(input, beginSlice, [endSlice]) |
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| #### input |
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| Type: `string` |
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| String with ANSI escape codes. Like one styled by [`chalk`](https://github.com/chalk/chalk). |
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| #### beginSlice |
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| Type: `number` |
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| Zero-based index at which to begin the slice. |
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| #### endSlice |
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| Type: `number` |
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| Zero-based index at which to end the slice. |
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| ## Related |
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| - [wrap-ansi](https://github.com/chalk/wrap-ansi) - Wordwrap a string with ANSI escape codes |
| - [cli-truncate](https://github.com/sindresorhus/cli-truncate) - Truncate a string to a specific width in the terminal |
| - [chalk](https://github.com/chalk/chalk) - Terminal string styling done right |
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| ## Maintainers |
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| - [Sindre Sorhus](https://github.com/sindresorhus) |
| - [Josh Junon](https://github.com/qix-) |
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| ## License |
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| MIT |
