From 20116cf69dd0fddb60b2cb9e9e325a0d39d5d75f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabien Benureau <fabien.benureau+git@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 22:41:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] color.undye method for purging color from strings

---
 papers/color.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/papers/color.py b/papers/color.py
index 794d028..ada8dec 100644
--- a/papers/color.py
+++ b/papers/color.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Small code to handle colored text
 """
-
+import re
 
 bold = '\033[1m'
 end  = '\033[0m'
@@ -37,3 +37,10 @@ def setup(enable = True):
         dye = _dye
     else:
         dye = _nodye
+
+
+undye_re = re.compile('\x1b\[[;\d]*[A-Za-z]')
+
+def undye(s):
+    """Purge string s of color"""
+    return undye_re.sub('', s)
\ No newline at end of file