# wrap-ansi > Wordwrap a string with [ANSI escape codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#Colors_and_Styles) ## Install ``` $ npm install wrap-ansi ``` ## Usage ```js import chalk from 'chalk'; import wrapAnsi from 'wrap-ansi'; const input = 'The quick brown ' + chalk.red('fox jumped over ') + 'the lazy ' + chalk.green('dog and then ran away with the unicorn.'); console.log(wrapAnsi(input, 20)); ``` ## API ### wrapAnsi(string, columns, options?) Wrap words to the specified column width. #### string Type: `string` String with ANSI escape codes. Like one styled by [`chalk`](https://github.com/chalk/chalk). Newline characters will be normalized to `\n`. #### columns Type: `number` Number of columns to wrap the text to. #### options Type: `object` ##### hard Type: `boolean`\ Default: `false` By default the wrap is soft, meaning long words may extend past the column width. Setting this to `true` will make it hard wrap at the column width. ##### wordWrap Type: `boolean`\ Default: `true` By default, an attempt is made to split words at spaces, ensuring that they don't extend past the configured columns. If wordWrap is `false`, each column will instead be completely filled splitting words as necessary. ##### trim Type: `boolean`\ Default: `true` Whitespace on all lines is removed by default. Set this option to `false` if you don't want to trim. ## Related - [slice-ansi](https://github.com/chalk/slice-ansi) - Slice 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 - [jsesc](https://github.com/mathiasbynens/jsesc) - Generate ASCII-only output from Unicode strings. Useful for creating test fixtures. ## Maintainers - [Sindre Sorhus](https://github.com/sindresorhus) - [Josh Junon](https://github.com/qix-) - [Benjamin Coe](https://github.com/bcoe) ---