# slice-ansi [](https://travis-ci.org/chalk/slice-ansi) [](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 string = 'The quick brown ' + chalk.red('fox jumped over ') + 'the lazy ' + chalk.green('dog and then ran away with the unicorn.'); console.log(sliceAnsi(string, 20, 30)); ``` ## API ### sliceAnsi(string, beginSlice, endSlice?) #### string 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-) --- <div align="center"> <b> <a href="https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/npm-slice_ansi?utm_source=npm-slice-ansi&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=readme">Get professional support for this package with a Tidelift subscription</a> </b> <br> <sub> Tidelift helps make open source sustainable for maintainers while giving companies<br>assurances about security, maintenance, and licensing for their dependencies. </sub> </div>