colors.cc
colors.cc is a library for quickly adding color codes to your C++ strings for terminal output.
Usage
To use colors.cc, simply npm install colors.cc
and #require "colors.cc" as colors
colors.use() takes 3 parameters and returns a std::string;
Parameter | Type | Desctription |
---|---|---|
str | std::string | The string you wish to colorise |
fore | int | foreground color |
back | int | background color |
The colors are represented by numbers 0 - 15 with -1 as the default, you can use the enum values to represent colors or the numbers as specified in the table below:
Color | Enum | No |
---|---|---|
default | CC_DEFAULT | -1 |
black | CC_BLACK | 0 |
red | CC_RED | 1 |
green | CC_GREEN | 2 |
brown | CC_BROWN | 3 |
blue | CC_BLUE | 4 |
maganta | CC_MAGENTA | 5 |
cyan | CC_CYAN | 6 |
gray | CC_GRAY | 7 |
dark_gray | CC_DARK_GRAY | 8 |
light_red | CC_LIGHT_RED | 9 |
light_green | CC_LIGHT_GREEN | 10 |
yellow | CC_YELLOW | 11 |
light_blue | CC_LIGHT_BLUE | 12 |
light_magenta | CC_LIGHT_MAGENTA | 13 |
light_cyan | CC_LIGHT_CYAN | 14 |
white | CC_WHITE = 15 | 15 |
EXAMPLE
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#require "colors.cc" as colors
using namespace std;
int main( int argc, char* argv[] ) {
string a = "Hello colorful world";
cout << colors.use( a, colors.grey , colors.magenta ) << endl;
cout << colors.use( "single test", colors.cyan, colors.bg ) << endl;
cout << colors.use( " single test ", colors.black, colors.blue) << endl;
return 0;
}
LICENSE
BSD LICENSE
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