colors.js

/*
colors.js

Copyright (c) 2010 Alexis Sellier (cloudhead) , Marak Squires

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*/

// prototypes the string object to have additional method calls that add terminal colors
['bold', 'underline', 'italic', 'inverse', 'grey', 'yellow', 'red', 'green', 'blue', 'white', 'cyan', 'magenta'].forEach(function (style) {
  Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, style, {
    get: function () {
      return stylize(this, style);
    }
  });
});

// prototypes string with method "rainbow"
// rainbow will apply a the color spectrum to a string, changing colors every letter
Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, 'rainbow', {
  get: function () {
    var rainbowcolors = ['red','yellow','green','blue','magenta']; //RoY G BiV
    var exploded = this.split("");
    var i=0;
    exploded = exploded.map(function(letter) {
      if (letter==" ") {
        return letter;
      }
      else {
        return stylize(letter,rainbowcolors[i++ % rainbowcolors.length]);
      }
    });
    return exploded.join("");
  }
});

function stylize(str, style) {
  var styles = {
  //styles
  'bold' : [1, 22],
  'italic' : [3, 23],
  'underline' : [4, 24],
  'inverse' : [7, 27],
  //grayscale
  'white' : [37, 39],
  'grey' : [90, 39],
  'black' : [90, 39],
  //colors
  'blue' : [34, 39],
  'cyan' : [36, 39],
  'green' : [32, 39],
  'magenta' : [35, 39],
  'red' : [31, 39],
  'yellow' : [33, 39]
  };
  return '\033[' + styles[style][0] + 'm' + str +
         '\033[' + styles[style][1] + 'm';
}

exports.stylize = stylize;