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HTML

<div id="abc"></div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#abc").html(format("foo {0} {1}", "'!{zero'", "'one'"));

});

function format (fmtstr) {
  var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
  return fmtstr.replace(/\{(\d+)\}/g, function (match, index) {
    return args[index];
  });
}