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diff --git a/‎progressbar/__init__.py‎
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diff --git a/‎progressbar/bar.py‎
Lines changed: 3 additions & 3 deletions b/‎progressbar/bar.py‎
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diff --git a/‎progressbar/utils.py‎
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@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from datetime import date
 
-from .utils import streams
+from .utils import (
+    len_color,
+    streams
+)
 from .shortcuts import progressbar
 
 from .widgets import (
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@
 __date__ = str(date.today())
 __all__ = [
     'progressbar',
+    'len_color',
     'streams',
     'Timer',
     'ETA',
 
@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ class ProgressBar(StdRedirectMixin, ResizableMixin, ProgressBarBase):
     _DEFAULT_MAXVAL = base.UnknownLength
     _MINIMUM_UPDATE_INTERVAL = 0.05  # update up to a 20 times per second
 
-    def __init__(self, min_value=0, max_value=None,
-                 widgets=None, left_justify=True, initial_value=0,
-                 poll_interval=None, widget_kwargs=None, custom_len=len,
+    def __init__(self, min_value=0, max_value=None, widgets=None,
+                 left_justify=True, initial_value=0, poll_interval=None,
+                 widget_kwargs=None, custom_len=utils.len_color,
                  max_error=True, prefix=None, suffix=None, **kwargs):
         '''
         Initializes a progress bar with sane defaults
 
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import io
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 import logging
 from python_utils.time import timedelta_to_seconds, epoch, format_time
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@
 assert epoch
 
 
+def len_color(text):
+    '''Return the length of text without ANSI escape codes'''
+    return len(re.sub(u'\u001b\[.*?[@-~]', '', text))
+
+
 class WrappingIO:
 
     def __init__(self, target, capturing=False, listeners=set()):