diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/color.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/color.py index 22080a7b37f9eb01c965e4a9af19f131afb36470..0d09303da09a97a882b61ad70ad070c11a24df12 100644 --- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/color.py +++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/color.py @@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ def clen(string): return len(re.sub(r'\033[^m]*m', '', string)) +def cextra(string): + """"Length of extra color characters in a string""" + return len(''.join(re.findall(r'\033[^m]*m', string))) + + def cwrite(string, stream=sys.stdout, color=None): """Replace all color expressions in string with ANSI control codes and write the result to the stream. If color is