# Strange characters in windows terminal

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StringManipulations.jl has a [remove\_decorations](https://github.com/ronisbr/StringManipulation.jl#remove-the-decorations) function that can remove ANSI escape sequences from a string.

```julia
julia> str = "Test 😅 \e[38;5;231;48;5;243mTest 😅 \e[38;5;201;48;5;243mTest\e[0m";

julia> remove_decorations(str)
"Test 😅 Test 😅 Test"

```

ANSIColoredPrinters.jl also has a [PlainTextPrinter](https://docs.juliahub.com/ANSIColoredPrinters/VW3io/0.0.1/output-formats/#plain_text) that removes ANSI escape codes, though slightly less convenient to use.  
StringManipulations accepts a normal string and returns a string, so it just requires `println(msg)` to become `println(remove_decorations(msg))`.

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