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authorkotfu <kotfu@kotfu.net>2018-04-27 10:09:21 -0600
committerkotfu <kotfu@kotfu.net>2018-04-27 10:09:21 -0600
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Create utils module for utility functions
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+#
+# coding=utf-8
+"""Shared utility functions"""
+
+from . import constants
+
+def strip_ansi(text: str) -> str:
+ """Strip ANSI escape codes from a string.
+
+ :param text: string which may contain ANSI escape codes
+ :return: the same string with any ANSI escape codes removed
+ """
+ return constants.ANSI_ESCAPE_RE.sub('', text)