NAME

App::Console::Color -

SYNOPSIS

  use App::Console::Color qw(:all);
  c_printf("%_bs %_rs\n", 'Blue', 'Red');
    
  my $str = c_sprintf("%_bs %_rs\n", 'Blue', 'Red');
  my $len = c_length($str); # because length(str) counts the ctrl chars

EXPORTS

Nothing exported by default

Exported upon request

c_length, c_sprintf, c_printf, c_stripf

:all

c_length, c_sprintf, c_printf, c_stripf

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

    Term::ANSIColor
    Exporter

DESCRIPTION

Extends printf and sprintf with coloring. Where normally one would write:

  %s

one can write:

  %_bs

and the value will be printed in blue. The trigger is the underscore character, and the color-code is the following character (See `Color Codes`).

  %_bs
   ^^^
   |||___ 's' means this will become %s when given to sprintf
   ||____ 'b' meaning blue (see below)
   |_____ '_' triggers this color parsing

This is not limited to the string conversion as only the trigger and color-code are pruned before sprintf is called.

  Normal (No Color)     Enhanced (using 'b' for blue)
  --------------------- -----------------------------
  %-10s                 %_b-10s
  %02d                  %_b02d
  %u                    %_bu

Bold and reverse color sequences are included. Bold colors use the the upper-case letter of the color code.

  %_^s        just bold  (color code is '^')

Color Codes

  '^'=>BOLD,      '*'=>REVERSE,
  'r'=>RED,       'R'=>RED.BOLD,
  'g'=>GREEN,     'G'=>GREEN.BOLD,
  'b'=>BLUE,      'B'=>BLUE.BOLD,
  'y'=>YELLOW,    'Y'=>YELLOW.BOLD,
  'm'=>MAGENTA,   'M'=>MAGENTA.BOLD,
  'c'=>CYAN,      'C'=>CYAN.BOLD,

AUTHORS

    Ryan Gies <ryangies@cpan.org>

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