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# string-length [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/string-length.svg?branch=master)](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](https://web.archive.org/web/20150721114550/http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/unicode/unicode_astral.html) as two characters.
## Install
```
$ npm install string-length
```
## Usage
```js
const stringLength = require('string-length');
'🐴'.length;
//=> 2
stringLength('🐴');
//=> 1
stringLength('\u001B[1municorn\u001B[22m');
//=> 7
```
## Related
- [string-width](https://github.com/sindresorhus/string-width) - Get visual width of a string
## License
MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)