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								# string-length [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/string-length)
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								> Get the real length of a string - by correctly counting astral symbols and ignoring [ansi escape codes](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-ansi)
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								`String#length` errornously counts [astral symbols](https://web.archive.org/web/20150721114550/http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/unicode/unicode_astral.html) as two characters.
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								## Install
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								```
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								$ npm install string-length
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								```
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								## Usage
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								```js
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								const stringLength = require('string-length');
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								'🐴'.length;
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								//=> 2
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								stringLength('🐴');
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								//=> 1
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								stringLength('\u001B[1municorn\u001B[22m');
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								//=> 7
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								```
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								## Related
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								- [string-width](https://github.com/sindresorhus/string-width) - Get visual width of a string
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								## License
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								MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)
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