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+/*! sprintf.js | Copyright (c) 2007-2013 Alexandru Marasteanu <hello at alexei dot ro> | 3 clause BSD license */
+
+(function(ctx) {
+	var sprintf = function() {
+		if (!sprintf.cache.hasOwnProperty(arguments[0])) {
+			sprintf.cache[arguments[0]] = sprintf.parse(arguments[0]);
+		}
+		return sprintf.format.call(null, sprintf.cache[arguments[0]], arguments);
+	};
+
+	sprintf.format = function(parse_tree, argv) {
+		var cursor = 1, tree_length = parse_tree.length, node_type = '', arg, output = [], i, k, match, pad, pad_character, pad_length;
+		for (i = 0; i < tree_length; i++) {
+			node_type = get_type(parse_tree[i]);
+			if (node_type === 'string') {
+				output.push(parse_tree[i]);
+			}
+			else if (node_type === 'array') {
+				match = parse_tree[i]; // convenience purposes only
+				if (match[2]) { // keyword argument
+					arg = argv[cursor];
+					for (k = 0; k < match[2].length; k++) {
+						if (!arg.hasOwnProperty(match[2][k])) {
+							throw(sprintf('[sprintf] property "%s" does not exist', match[2][k]));
+						}
+						arg = arg[match[2][k]];
+					}
+				}
+				else if (match[1]) { // positional argument (explicit)
+					arg = argv[match[1]];
+				}
+				else { // positional argument (implicit)
+					arg = argv[cursor++];
+				}
+
+				if (/[^s]/.test(match[8]) && (get_type(arg) != 'number')) {
+					throw(sprintf('[sprintf] expecting number but found %s', get_type(arg)));
+				}
+				switch (match[8]) {
+					case 'b': arg = arg.toString(2); break;
+					case 'c': arg = String.fromCharCode(arg); break;
+					case 'd': arg = parseInt(arg, 10); break;
+					case 'e': arg = match[7] ? arg.toExponential(match[7]) : arg.toExponential(); break;
+					case 'f': arg = match[7] ? parseFloat(arg).toFixed(match[7]) : parseFloat(arg); break;
+					case 'o': arg = arg.toString(8); break;
+					case 's': arg = ((arg = String(arg)) && match[7] ? arg.substring(0, match[7]) : arg); break;
+					case 'u': arg = arg >>> 0; break;
+					case 'x': arg = arg.toString(16); break;
+					case 'X': arg = arg.toString(16).toUpperCase(); break;
+				}
+				arg = (/[def]/.test(match[8]) && match[3] && arg >= 0 ? '+'+ arg : arg);
+				pad_character = match[4] ? match[4] == '0' ? '0' : match[4].charAt(1) : ' ';
+				pad_length = match[6] - String(arg).length;
+				pad = match[6] ? str_repeat(pad_character, pad_length) : '';
+				output.push(match[5] ? arg + pad : pad + arg);
+			}
+		}
+		return output.join('');
+	};
+
+	sprintf.cache = {};
+
+	sprintf.parse = function(fmt) {
+		var _fmt = fmt, match = [], parse_tree = [], arg_names = 0;
+		while (_fmt) {
+			if ((match = /^[^\x25]+/.exec(_fmt)) !== null) {
+				parse_tree.push(match[0]);
+			}
+			else if ((match = /^\x25{2}/.exec(_fmt)) !== null) {
+				parse_tree.push('%');
+			}
+			else if ((match = /^\x25(?:([1-9]\d*)\$|\(([^\)]+)\))?(\+)?(0|'[^$])?(-)?(\d+)?(?:\.(\d+))?([b-fosuxX])/.exec(_fmt)) !== null) {
+				if (match[2]) {
+					arg_names |= 1;
+					var field_list = [], replacement_field = match[2], field_match = [];
+					if ((field_match = /^([a-z_][a-z_\d]*)/i.exec(replacement_field)) !== null) {
+						field_list.push(field_match[1]);
+						while ((replacement_field = replacement_field.substring(field_match[0].length)) !== '') {
+							if ((field_match = /^\.([a-z_][a-z_\d]*)/i.exec(replacement_field)) !== null) {
+								field_list.push(field_match[1]);
+							}
+							else if ((field_match = /^\[(\d+)\]/.exec(replacement_field)) !== null) {
+								field_list.push(field_match[1]);
+							}
+							else {
+								throw('[sprintf] huh?');
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					else {
+						throw('[sprintf] huh?');
+					}
+					match[2] = field_list;
+				}
+				else {
+					arg_names |= 2;
+				}
+				if (arg_names === 3) {
+					throw('[sprintf] mixing positional and named placeholders is not (yet) supported');
+				}
+				parse_tree.push(match);
+			}
+			else {
+				throw('[sprintf] huh?');
+			}
+			_fmt = _fmt.substring(match[0].length);
+		}
+		return parse_tree;
+	};
+
+	var vsprintf = function(fmt, argv, _argv) {
+		_argv = argv.slice(0);
+		_argv.splice(0, 0, fmt);
+		return sprintf.apply(null, _argv);
+	};
+
+	/**
+	 * helpers
+	 */
+	function get_type(variable) {
+		return Object.prototype.toString.call(variable).slice(8, -1).toLowerCase();
+	}
+
+	function str_repeat(input, multiplier) {
+		for (var output = []; multiplier > 0; output[--multiplier] = input) {/* do nothing */}
+		return output.join('');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * export to either browser or node.js
+	 */
+	ctx.sprintf = sprintf;
+	ctx.vsprintf = vsprintf;
+})(typeof exports != "undefined" ? exports : window);
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