Added AnsiEscapeCodeSequence.strip() to get the undecorated string.

build.gradle

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ apply plugin: "ch.raffael.pegdown-doclet"
 apply plugin: "maven"
 
 group = "com.jdbernard"
-version = "4.3"
+version = "4.4"
 
 repositories {
     mavenLocal()

src/main/java/com/jdbernard/util/AnsiEscapeCodeSequence.java

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  */
 package com.jdbernard.util;
 
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
 /**
 * The AnsiEscapeCodeSequence class is an extended wrapper around
 * [ANSI escape codes].
@@ -14,15 +16,21 @@ package com.jdbernard.util;
 */
 public class AnsiEscapeCodeSequence {
 
-    public StringBuilder value = new StringBuilder();
-
     public static final String CSI = "\u001b[";
 
+    public static final Pattern ANSI_SEQ_PATTERN =
+      Pattern.compile("\u001b\\[[^a-zA-Z]+[a-zA-Z]");
+
     public static enum Colors {
         BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN, WHITE, EXT, DEFAULT }
 
     public static enum Erase { ToEnd, ToBeginning, All }
 
+    public static String strip(String input) {
+        return ANSI_SEQ_PATTERN.matcher(input).replaceAll(""); }
+
+    public StringBuilder value = new StringBuilder();
+
     public String toString() { return value.toString(); }
 
     // Multiple methods for various forms of SGR