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+/*
+ * vim:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab
+ *
+ * i3 - an improved dynamic tiling window manager
+ * © 2009 Michael Stapelberg and contributors (see also: LICENSE)
+ *
+ */
+// copied from  i3:libi3/format_placeholders.c
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "i3status.h"
+
+#ifndef CS_STARTS_WITH
+#define CS_STARTS_WITH(string, needle) (strncmp((string), (needle), strlen((needle))) == 0)
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Replaces occurrences of the defined placeholders in the format string.
+ *
+ */
+char *format_placeholders(const char *format, placeholder_t *placeholders, int num) {
+    if (format == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    /* We have to first iterate over the string to see how much buffer space
+     * we need to allocate. */
+    int buffer_len = strlen(format) + 1;
+    for (const char *walk = format; *walk != '\0'; walk++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+            if (!CS_STARTS_WITH(walk, placeholders[i].name))
+                continue;
+
+            buffer_len = buffer_len - strlen(placeholders[i].name) + strlen(placeholders[i].value);
+            walk += strlen(placeholders[i].name) - 1;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Now we can parse the format string. */
+    char buffer[buffer_len];
+    char *outwalk = buffer;
+    for (const char *walk = format; *walk != '\0'; walk++) {
+        if (*walk != '%') {
+            *(outwalk++) = *walk;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        bool matched = false;
+        for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+            if (!CS_STARTS_WITH(walk, placeholders[i].name)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            matched = true;
+            outwalk += sprintf(outwalk, "%s", placeholders[i].value);
+            walk += strlen(placeholders[i].name) - 1;
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (!matched)
+            *(outwalk++) = *walk;
+    }
+
+    *outwalk = '\0';
+    return sstrdup(buffer);
+}