jQuery.format = function(source, params) {
    if (arguments.length == 1)
        return function() {
            var args = jQuery.makeArray(arguments);
            args.unshift(source);
            return jQuery.format.apply(this, args);
        };
    if (arguments.length > 2 && params.constructor != Array) {
        params = jQuery.makeArray(arguments).slice(1);
    }
    if (params.constructor != Array) {
        params = [params];
    }
    jQuery.each(params, function(i, n) {
        source = source.replace(new RegExp("\\{" + i + "\\}", "g"), n);
    });
    return source;
};