string-length VS parse-columns

Compare string-length vs parse-columns and see what are their differences.

string-length

Get the real length of a string - by correctly counting astral symbols and ignoring ansi escape codes (by sindresorhus)

parse-columns

Parse text columns, like the output of unix commands (by sindresorhus)
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string-length parse-columns
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158 81
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3.2 0.0
23 days ago over 2 years ago
JavaScript JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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string-length

Posts with mentions or reviews of string-length. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning string-length yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

parse-columns

Posts with mentions or reviews of parse-columns. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning parse-columns yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing string-length and parse-columns you can also consider the following projects:

iconv-lite - Convert character encodings in pure javascript.

splice-string - Remove or replace part of a string like Array#splice

hanging-indent - format a string into a hanging indent with Node.js

indent-string - Indent each line in a string

underscore.string - String manipulation helpers for javascript

Table - Formats data into a string table.

camelcase - Convert a dash/dot/underscore/space separated string to camelCase: foo-bar → fooBar

i18next - i18next: learn once - translate everywhere

detect-indent - Detect the indentation of code