var firstName = 'Tal'; var screenName = 'ketacode' // Ugly 'Hi, my name is ' + firstName + ' and my twitter screen name is @' + screenName; // Super var template = 'Hi, my name is {first-name} and my twitter screen name is @{screen-name}'; var txt = template.replace('{first-name}', firstName) .replace('{screen-name}', screenName);