String.format = function( text )
{

    //check if there are two arguments in the arguments list

    if ( arguments.length <= 1 )

    {

        //if there are not 2 or more arguments there’s nothing to replace

        //just return the original text

        return text;

    }

    //decrement to move to the second argument in the array

    var tokenCount = arguments.length - 2;

    for( var token = 0; token <= tokenCount; token++ )

    {

        //iterate through the tokens and replace their placeholders from the original text in order

        text = text.replace( new RegExp("\\{" + token + "\\}", "gi" ),

                                                arguments[ token + 1 ] );

    }

    return text;

};