sprintf.format = function()

in src/sprintf.js [13:61]


	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('');
	};