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+'use strict';
+
+const utils = require('./utils');
+
+/**
+ * Render a placeholder value with cursor and styling based on the
+ * position of the cursor.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} `prompt` Prompt instance.
+ * @param {String} `input` Input string.
+ * @param {String} `initial` The initial user-provided value.
+ * @param {Number} `pos` Current cursor position.
+ * @param {Boolean} `showCursor` Render a simulated cursor using the inverse primary style.
+ * @return {String} Returns the styled placeholder string.
+ * @api public
+ */
+
+module.exports = (prompt, options = {}) => {
+ prompt.cursorHide();
+
+ let { input = '', initial = '', pos, showCursor = true, color } = options;
+ let style = color || prompt.styles.placeholder;
+ let inverse = utils.inverse(prompt.styles.primary);
+ let blinker = str => inverse(prompt.styles.black(str));
+ let output = input;
+ let char = ' ';
+ let reverse = blinker(char);
+
+ if (prompt.blink && prompt.blink.off === true) {
+ blinker = str => str;
+ reverse = '';
+ }
+
+ if (showCursor && pos === 0 && initial === '' && input === '') {
+ return blinker(char);
+ }
+
+ if (showCursor && pos === 0 && (input === initial || input === '')) {
+ return blinker(initial[0]) + style(initial.slice(1));
+ }
+
+ initial = utils.isPrimitive(initial) ? `${initial}` : '';
+ input = utils.isPrimitive(input) ? `${input}` : '';
+
+ let placeholder = initial && initial.startsWith(input) && initial !== input;
+ let cursor = placeholder ? blinker(initial[input.length]) : reverse;
+
+ if (pos !== input.length && showCursor === true) {
+ output = input.slice(0, pos) + blinker(input[pos]) + input.slice(pos + 1);
+ cursor = '';
+ }
+
+ if (showCursor === false) {
+ cursor = '';
+ }
+
+ if (placeholder) {
+ let raw = prompt.styles.unstyle(output + cursor);
+ return output + cursor + style(initial.slice(raw.length));
+ }
+
+ return output + cursor;
+};