# widest-line [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/widest-line) > Get the visual width of the widest line in a string - the number of columns required to display it Some Unicode characters are [fullwidth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfwidth_and_fullwidth_forms) and use double the normal width. [ANSI escape codes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code) are stripped and doesn't affect the width. Useful to be able to know the maximum width a string will take up in the terminal. ## Install ``` $ npm install widest-line ``` ## Usage ```js const widestLine = require('widest-line'); widestLine('古\n\u001B[1m@\u001B[22m'); //=> 2 ``` ## Related - [string-width](https://github.com/sindresorhus/string-width) - Get the visual width of a string ## License MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)