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

For those looking for a simple ES6 solution.

First of all I'm providing a function instead of extending native String prototype because it is generally discouraged.

// format function using replace() and recursion

const format = (str, arr) => arr.length > 1 
	? format(str.replace('{}', arr[0]), arr.slice(1)) 
	: (arr[0] && str.replace('{}', arr[0])) || str

// Example usage

const str1 = 'The {} brown {} jumps over the {} dog'

const formattedString = formatFn(str1, ['quick','fox','lazy'])

console.log(formattedString)