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		aikah on Aug 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A JavaScript Quality Guide `var message = util.format('oh hai %s!', name);` I thought it was a javascript quality guide ? there is no util.format in ES5 spec.

iaskwhy on Aug 19, 2014 | [–]

"Usually you'll be a happier JavaScript developer if you hack together a parameter-replacing method like util.format in Node." + "You could implement something similar using the piece of code below."

I don't think you can ask more than this, everything is clearly laid out...

bevacqua on Aug 19, 2014 | [–]

It's a Node.js example

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