I would like a javascript function that mimics the python .format() function that works like
.format(*args, **kwargs)
A previous question gives a possible (but not complete) solution for '.format(*args)
JavaScript equivalent to printf/string.format
I would like to be able to do
"hello {} and {}".format("you", "bob"
==> hello you and bob
"hello {0} and {1}".format("you", "bob")
==> hello you and bob
"hello {0} and {1} and {a}".format("you", "bob",a="mary")
==> hello you and bob and mary
"hello {0} and {1} and {a} and {2}".format("you", "bob","jill",a="mary")
==> hello you and bob and mary and jill
I realize that's a tall order, but maybe somewhere out there is a complete (or at least partial) solution that includes keyword arguments as well.
Oh, and I hear AJAX and JQuery possibly have methods for this, but I would like to be able to do it without all that overhead.
In particular, I would like to be able to use it with a script for a google doc.
Thanks
UPDATE: If you're using ES6, template strings work very similarly to String.format
: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/01/ES6-Template-Strings
If not, the below works for all the cases above, with a very similar syntax to python's String.format
method. Test cases below.
String.prototype.format = function() {
var args = arguments;
this.unkeyed_index = 0;
return this.replace(/\{(\w*)\}/g, function(match, key) {
if (key === '') {
key = this.unkeyed_index;
this.unkeyed_index++
}
if (key == +key) {
return args[key] !== 'undefined'
? args[key]
: match;
} else {
for (var i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
if (typeof args[i] === 'object' && typeof args[i][key] !== 'undefined') {
return args[i][key];
}
}
return match;
}
}.bind(this));
};
// Run some tests
$('#tests')
.append(
"hello {} and {}<br />".format("you", "bob")
)
.append(
"hello {0} and {1}<br />".format("you", "bob")
)
.append(
"hello {0} and {1} and {a}<br />".format("you", "bob", {a:"mary"})
)
.append(
"hello {0} and {1} and {a} and {2}<br />".format("you", "bob", "jill", {a:"mary"})
);
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="tests"></div>
This should work similar to python's format
but with an object with named keys, it could be numbers as well.
String.prototype.format = function( params ) {
return this.replace(
/\{(\w+)\}/g,
function( a,b ) { return params[ b ]; }
);
};
console.log( "hello {a} and {b}.".format( { a: 'foo', b: 'baz' } ) );
//^= "hello foo and baz."