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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)