Substitute

jQuery Substitute extension for jQuery 1.3+. It is assumed to work with pervious version of jQuery, however it is untested. Substitute replaces multiple string groups with other string groups.

Version:

1.1

Last Updated:

Jun 10, 2009

Requires:

jQuery 1.3+

Download:

http://freerksen.googlecode.com/files/jquery_substitute_1.1.zip

This jQuery extension is similar to the StringUtil.substitute method for Flex but based off of the Template.evaluate method for Prototype.

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var myString = "This is a {test} to see if it {works}. This is only a {test}. Looks to be {work}ing.";
var myReplacements = {works:"is working", test:"demo", work:"function"};
$("body").append($.substitute(myString, myReplacements));

The previous example will output:

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This is a demo to see if it is working. This is only a demo. Looks to be functioning.

History:
090525 – Extension started and completed. Initial release.
090610 – Update extension structure.