diff --git a/evennia/utils/tests/test_ansi.py b/evennia/utils/tests/test_ansi.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+Test of the ANSI parsing and ANSIStrings.
+
+"""
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+from evennia.utils.ansi import ANSIString as AN
+
+
+class TestANSIString(TestCase):
+    """
+    Verifies that ANSIString's string-API works as intended.
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.example_raw = "|relectric |cboogaloo|n"
+        self.example_ansi = AN(self.example_raw)
+        self.example_str = "electric boogaloo"
+        self.example_output = "\x1b[1m\x1b[31melectric \x1b[1m\x1b[36mboogaloo\x1b[0m"
+
+    def test_length(self):
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.example_ansi), 17)
+
+    def test_clean(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.example_ansi.clean(), self.example_str)
+
+    def test_raw(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.example_ansi.raw(), self.example_output)
+
+    def test_format(self):
+        self.assertEqual(f"{self.example_ansi:0<20}", self.example_output + "000")
+
+    def test_split_with_mixed_strings(self):
+        """This tests the solution of a bug"""
+
+        anstr1 = AN("Line1\nLine2")
+        anstr2 = AN("\n").join([AN("Line1"), AN("Line2")])
+        anstr3 = AN("\n").join([AN("Line1"), "Line2"])
+
+        self.assertEqual(anstr2, anstr3)
+        self.assertEqual(anstr1, anstr2)
+        self.assertEqual(anstr1, anstr3)
+
+        split1 = anstr1.split("\n")
+        split2 = anstr2.split("\n")
+        split3 = anstr3.split("\n")
+
+        self.assertEqual(split2, split3, "Split 2 and 3 differ")
+        self.assertEqual(split1, split2, "Split 1 and 2 differ")
+        self.assertEqual(split1, split3, "Split 1 and 3 differ")