JavaScript equivalent of Python's format() function?

Question

Python has this beautiful function to turn this:

bar1 = \'foobar\'
bar2 = \'jumped\'
bar3 = \'dog\'

foo = \'The lazy \' + bar3 + \' \' + bar2 \' over the \'         


        

Answer 1

JS:

String.prototype.format = function () {
    var str = this;
    for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
        str = str.replace('{' + i + '}', arguments[i]);
    }
    return str;
}

bar1 = 'foobar';
bar2 = 'jumped';
bar3 = 'dog';

python_format = 'The lazy {2} {1} over the {0}'.format(bar1,bar2,bar3);

document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "JavaScript equivalent of Python's format() function:
" + python_format + "";

HTML:

CSS:

span#python_str {
    color: red;
    font-style: italic;
}

OUTPUT:

JavaScript equivalent of Python's format() function:

The lazy dog jumped over the foobar

DEMO:

jsFiddle