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String-Colorization Library for Terminal Output

Basic colorize function call

std::string const& colorized_string =
color::rize( ORIGINAL_STRING,
            A_FOREGROUND_COLOR_STRING,
            A_BACKGROUND_COLOR_STRING );

Example Usage:

//example.cpp
std::string message{"I am a Banana!"};
// Output message with
//              foreground color -- Yellow
//              background color -- Green
std::cout   << color::rize( message, "Yellow", "Green" )
            << std::endl;

Compilation command:

g++ -o example example.cpp -std=c++17

Availiable colors:

• Default
• Black
• Red
• Green
• Yellow
• Blue
• Magenta
• Cyan
• Light Grey
• Dark Grey
• Light Red
• Light Green
• Light Yellow
• Light Blue
• Light Magenta
• Light Cyan
• White

More Example

with function

std::string const& colorized_string =
color::rize( ORIGINAL_STRING,
             A_FOREGROUND_COLOR_STRING,
             A_BACKGROUND_COLOR_STRING,
             A_ATTRIBUTE_STRING );

where the last parameter A_ATTRIBUTE_STRING can be

• Default
• Bold
• Dim
• Underlined
• Blink
• Reverse
• Hidden

and an some of the examples

with Python (3.8)

from colorize import colorize
colorize( ORIGINAL_STRING, A_FOREGROUND_COLOR_STRING, A_BACKGROUND_COLOR_STRING, A_ATTRIBUTE_STRING );