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# string-length [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/string-length)
> Get the real length of a string - by correctly counting astral symbols and ignoring [ansi escape codes](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-ansi)
`String#length` errornously counts [astral symbols](http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/unicode/unicode_astral.html) as two characters.
## Install
```
$ npm install --save string-length
```
## Usage
```js
'🐴'.length;
//=> 2
stringLength('🐴');
//=> 1
stringLength('\u001b[1municorn\u001b[22m');
//=> 7
```
## License
MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](http://sindresorhus.com)
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