/**
 * $Id: $
 *
 * sprintf() for JavaScript v.0.4
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2007 Alexandru Marasteanu <http://alexei.417.ro/>
 * Thanks to David Baird (unit test and patch).
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
 * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
 * version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
 * details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
 * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 */

function str_repeat(i, m) { for (var o = []; m > 0; o[--m] = i); return(o.join('')); }

/*HPDL
function sprintf () {
  var i = 0, a, f = arguments[i++], o = [], m, p, c, x;
*/
String.prototype.sprintf = function() {
  var i = 0, a, f = this.valueOf(), o = [], m, p, c, x;

  while (f) {
    if (m = /^[^\x25]+/.exec(f)) o.push(m[0]);
    else if (m = /^\x25{2}/.exec(f)) o.push('%');
    else if (m = /^\x25(?:(\d+)\$)?(\+)?(0|'[^$])?(-)?(\d+)?(?:\.(\d+))?([b-fosuxX])/.exec(f)) {
      if (((a = arguments[m[1] || i++]) == null) || (a == undefined)) throw("Too few arguments.");
/*HPDL
      if (/[^s]/.test(m[7]) && (typeof(a) != 'number'))
        throw("Expecting number but found " + typeof(a));
*/
      switch (m[7]) {
        case 'b': a = a.toString(2); break;
        case 'c': a = String.fromCharCode(a); break;
        case 'd': a = parseInt(a); break;
        case 'e': a = m[6] ? a.toExponential(m[6]) : a.toExponential(); break;
        case 'f': a = m[6] ? parseFloat(a).toFixed(m[6]) : parseFloat(a); break;
        case 'o': a = a.toString(8); break;
        case 's': a = ((a = String(a)) && m[6] ? a.substring(0, m[6]) : a); break;
        case 'u': a = Math.abs(a); break;
        case 'x': a = a.toString(16); break;
        case 'X': a = a.toString(16).toUpperCase(); break;
      }
      a = (/[def]/.test(m[7]) && m[2] && a > 0 ? '+' + a : a);
      c = m[3] ? m[3] == '0' ? '0' : m[3].charAt(1) : ' ';
      x = m[5] - String(a).length;
      p = m[5] ? str_repeat(c, x) : '';
      o.push(m[4] ? a + p : p + a);
    }
    else throw ("Huh ?!");
    f = f.substring(m[0].length);
  }
  return o.join('');
}