# slice-ansi [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/chalk/slice-ansi.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/chalk/slice-ansi) [![XO: Linted](https://img.shields.io/badge/xo-linted-blue.svg)](https://github.com/xojs/xo)

> Slice a string with [ANSI escape codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#Colors_and_Styles)


## Install

```
$ npm install slice-ansi
```


## Usage

```js
const chalk = require('chalk');
const sliceAnsi = require('slice-ansi');

const input = 'The quick brown ' + chalk.red('fox jumped over ') +
	'the lazy ' + chalk.green('dog and then ran away with the unicorn.');

console.log(sliceAnsi(input, 20, 30));
```


## API

### sliceAnsi(input, beginSlice, [endSlice])

#### input

Type: `string`

String with ANSI escape codes. Like one styled by [`chalk`](https://github.com/chalk/chalk).

#### beginSlice

Type: `number`

Zero-based index at which to begin the slice.

#### endSlice

Type: `number`

Zero-based index at which to end the slice.


## Related

- [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


## Maintainers

- [Sindre Sorhus](https://github.com/sindresorhus)
- [Josh Junon](https://github.com/qix-)


## License

MIT