Replace pictures for control character codes with actual control characters.

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This package replaces pictures for control character codes (such as '␊') with actual control characters (as in, '\n'). It supports U+2400 SYMBOL FOR NULL (␀) through U+2426 SYMBOL FOR SUBSTITUTE FORM TWO (␦).

Use this package if you:

• have fixtures that would be unreadable or confusing (to tools) if they used control characters
• want to display control characters to users, e.g., trailing spaces

This package is ESM only. In Node.js (version 14.14+, 16.0+), install with npm:

npm install controlPictures

In Deno with esm.sh:

import {controlPictures} from 'https://esm.sh/control-pictures@2'

In browsers with esm.sh:

<script type="module">
  import {controlPictures} from 'https://esm.sh/control-pictures@2?bundle'
</script>

import {controlPictures} from 'control-pictures'

controlPictures() //=> ''
controlPictures('␉␊␋␌␍') //=> '\t\n\v\f\r'
controlPictures('␀') //=> '\0'
controlPictures('a␡b') //=> 'a\x7fb'
controlPictures('␤') //=> '\n'

This package exports the identifier controlPictures. There is no default export.

Replace pictures for control character codes with actual control characters. Takes a value with pictures (string), returns a value with actual control codes (string).

This package is fully typed with TypeScript. It exports no additional types.

This package is at least compatible with all maintained versions of Node.js. As of now, that is Node.js 14.14+ and 16.0+. It also works in Deno and modern browsers.

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MIT © Titus Wormer