From 09328b974236d716b8fe00c3e273d1ee8989b30a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Herdtweck <christian.herdtweck@intra2net.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2024 09:08:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Create text helper to remove ansi color sequences

---
 src/text_helpers.py |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/text_helpers.py b/src/text_helpers.py
index 3017176..26a9c7c 100644
--- a/src/text_helpers.py
+++ b/src/text_helpers.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ from builtins import print as _builtin_print
 
 from functools import partial
 from itertools import islice
+import re
 
 from .type_helpers import isstr
 from sys import stdout
@@ -193,6 +194,10 @@ except Exception:
     _STDOUT_IS_TTY = False
 
 
+def strip_color(text):
+    """return same text but without any ansi color sequences"""
+    return re.sub(r"\x1b\[[\d;]*[mD]", "", text, count=0, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
+
 def colored(text, foreground=None, background=None, style=None):
     """ return text with given foreground/background ANSI color escape sequence
 
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1.7.1