# 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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```
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$ npm install slice-ansi
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```
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## Usage
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```js
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const chalk = require('chalk');
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const sliceAnsi = require('slice-ansi');
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const input = 'The quick brown ' + chalk.red('fox jumped over ') +
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'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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```
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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
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- [cli-truncate](https://github.com/sindresorhus/cli-truncate) - Truncate a string to a specific width in the terminal
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- [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)
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- [Josh Junon](https://github.com/qix-)
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## License
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MIT
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