How do you compare strings that are colored with ANSI codes in Java?

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To compare colored strings with ANSI codes in Java, you can use regular expressions to remove the ANSI escape sequences from the strings before comparing them.

Here is an example code:

public static boolean compareColoredStrings(String str1, String str2) {
    // Remove ANSI escape sequences
    String regex = "\u001B\\[[\\d;]*[^\\d;]";
    String plainStr1 = str1.replaceAll(regex, "");
    String plainStr2 = str2.replaceAll(regex, "");

    // Compare plain strings
    return plainStr1.equals(plainStr2);
}

This method takes two colored strings as input and returns true if they are equal (ignoring the ANSI escape sequences) and false otherwise.

The regular expression pattern \u001B\[[\d;]*[^\d;] matches the ANSI escape sequences used in colored strings. This pattern is used with the replaceAll() method to remove the escape sequences from the input strings. Finally, the plain strings are compared using the equals() method.