jquery.substitute.js

"use strict";
/*
 * JQuery Substitute method allows for simple templating using JS Object dot notation. 
 * Contribute link: https://gist.github.com/danielsokolowski/0954fc2a767f441720b9
 *
 * @param strTemplate - string contain the replacement tokens
 * @param objData - an Object represetnting your replacmenet values
 *
 *	Example:
 * var strTemplate = 'Hello {user.name}'	
 * var strDatra = {'user': 'Daniel Sokolowski'}
 * alert($.substitute(strTemplate, objData)); // outputs 'Hello Daniel Sokolowski'
 *
 */
$.substitute = function(strTemplate, objData) {
	return strTemplate.replace(/\\?\{([^{}]+)\}/g, function(match, subMatch1) {
		try {
			if (match.charAt(0) == '\\')
				return match.slice(1);
			if (objData[subMatch1] != null)
				return objData[subMatch1];
			var keys = subMatch1.split(".");
			var value = objData[keys.shift()]; // return first element and update the original array
			while (keys.length !== 0) { // keep returning properties
				value = value[keys.shift()]
			}
			return value != undefined ? value : match;
		} catch (err) { // return any errors as a string
			return match;
		}
	});
};

@dimitarchristof - thank you for the feedback, the difference is about 6% faster good to know, I like returning the {...} for unmatched keys.