/**
 * supplant() does variable substitution on the string. It scans
 * through the string looking for expressions enclosed in {} braces.
 * If an expression is found, use it as a key on the object,
 * and if the key has a string value or number value, it is
 * substituted for the bracket expression and it repeats. 
*/
String.prototype.supplant = function(o) {
    return this.replace(/{([^{}]*)}/g,
        function(a, b) {
            var r = o[b];
            return typeof r === 'string' || typeof r === 'number' ? r : a;
        }
    );
};