Simple jquery template usage $(element for display).($template as jquery selector, data);

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$.fn.tmpl = function(template, data){
           var _ = {
                cache: {},
                // John Resig - simple html template
                render: function render(template, data) {
                    // Figure out if we're getting a template, or if we need to
                    // load the template - and be sure to cache the result.
                    var fn = !/\W/.test(template) ?
                        _.cache[template] = _.cache[template] ||
                        render(document.getElementById(template).innerHTML) :

                    // Generate a reusable function that will serve as a template
                    // generator (and which will be cached).
                    new Function("obj",
                        "var p=[],print=function(){p.push.apply(p,arguments);};" +

                        // Introduce the data as local variables using with(){}
                        "with(obj){p.push('" +

                        // Convert the template into pure JavaScript
                        template
                        .replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ")
                        .split("<%").join("\t")
                        .replace(/((^|%>)[^\t]*)'/g, "$1\r")
                        .replace(/\t=(.*?)%>/g, "',$1,'")
                        .split("\t").join("');")
                        .split("%>").join("p.push('")
                        .split("\r").join("\\'") + "');}return p.join('');");

                    // Provide some basic currying to the user
                    return data ? fn(data) : fn;
                },
                isArray: function (arr) {
                    var isarr;
                    if (!Array.isArray) {
                        isarr = function (vArg) {
                            return Object.prototype.toString.call(vArg) === "[object Array]";
                        };
                    } else {
                        isarr = Array.isArray
                    }
                    return isarr(arr);
                }
            };
    
    var html = '';
    var str = template.html();
    if (_.isArray(data)) {
        for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
            try{
                html += _.render(str, data[i]);
            }catch(err){}
        }
    } else {
        try{
            html = _.render(str, data);
        }catch(err){}
    }
    $(this).html(html);
}