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erte
Colors Strings' Foreground And Background And Shows String Difference With Color.
yarn add -E erte
erte(source: string, target: string): string
c(string: string, color: Color): string
b(string: string, color: Color): string
The package is available by importing its default and named functions:
import erte, { c, b } from 'erte'
('black'|'red'|'green'|'yellow'|'blue'|'magenta'|'cyan'|'white'|'grey')
Color
: The color.
erte(
source: string,
target: string,
): string
Compares the strings using the diff
package, and colors the differences with green or red.
import erte from 'erte'
const s = 'test this string'
const e = 'test this string with extra data'
const m = 'test this'
const green = erte(s, e)
console.log(green)
const red = erte(s, m)
console.log(red)
const grey = erte(s, s)
console.log(grey)
test this string with extra data
test this string
test this string
c(
string: string,
color: Color,
): string
Colors the foreground using an ANSI sequence.
/** yarn example-c */
import { c } from '..'
const redText = c('RED ALERT', 'red')
console.log(redText)
b(
string: string,
color: Color,
): string
Colors the background with specified ANSI color.
/** yarn example-b */
import { b } from 'erte'
const greenText = b('VEGAN', 'green')
console.log(greenText)
(c) Art Deco 2019
%-1%
FAQs
String difference with colour for Node.js and ANSI formatting. [PUBLIC]
The npm package erte receives a total of 61 weekly downloads. As such, erte popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that erte demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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