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Author: PedroEdiaz <ppedroediaz@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue May 20 01:54:43 2025 -0600

    First commit

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+1-Clause BSD NON-AI License
+
+Copyright (c) 2025
+NVIAM. All rights reserved.
+
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+
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+
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+# Templateless
+
+A lightweight, logicless templating library for the 
+[Odin programming language](https://odin-lang.org/).  This library allows you to
+define templates using placeholder variables within strings and replace them 
+with values from a provided dictionary.
+
+## Features
+- Simple template substitution using `{{key}}` syntax
+- Clean and minimal interface
+- Designed to integrate easily into Odin projects
+- No errors returns
+
+## Limitations
+
+- No support for nested templates or conditionals.
+- Only basic string replacement — not a full-featured template engine.
+
+## Usage
+
+```odin
+import "template"
+
+main :: proc() {
+    fmt := "Hello, {{name}}! Welcome to {{place}}."
+    values := map[string]string{
+        "name":  "Alice",
+        "place": "Odinland",
+    }
+
+    result := template.template(fmt, values)
+    fmt.println(result) // Output: Hello, Alice! Welcome to Odinland.
+}
+```
+
+## Installation
+Clone or copy the template module into your Odin project directory:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/yourusername/odin-template.git
+````
+
+Or copy `template.odin` into your source tree.
+
+## Interface
+
+```odin
+template :: proc(fmt: string, dict: map[string]string) -> string
+```
+
+### Parameters
+
+* `fmt`: A string with placeholders in the form `{{key}}`.
+* `dict`: A map from string to string, where each key corresponds to a placeholder in the format string.
+
+### Returns
+
+A new string with all placeholders replaced by their corresponding values from 
+the dictionary. If a key is missing in the dictionary, the placeholder is 
+replaces with an empty string.
+
+## Placeholder Format
+
+Use `{{key}}` to indicate a variable placeholder in the format string. 
+Keys must exactly match the strings in the dictionary.
+
+## License
+
+1-Clause BSD NON-AI License. See [LICENSE](./LICENSE) for details.
+
+## Contributing
+
+Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit issues or pull requests.
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+package template
+
+import "core:strings"
+
+/*
+template works as a state machine, it manipulates `b` (returned string)
+and `key` (placeholder string), according to  the states. No error
+returns are needed because if `key` is not close it writes it as
+it's not a placeholder
+*/
+
+state :: enum {
+	writing,
+	reading_key,
+	open_bracket,
+	close_bracket,
+}
+
+template :: proc(fmt: string, dict: map[string]string ) -> string {
+	b, key: strings.Builder
+	defer strings.builder_destroy(&key)
+
+	s:= state.writing
+
+	for c in fmt do switch c {
+	case '{':
+		switch s {
+		case .open_bracket:
+			s=.reading_key
+		case .close_bracket:
+			strings.write_rune(&b, '}' )
+			s=.writing
+		case .writing:
+			s=.open_bracket
+		case .reading_key:
+		}
+	case '}':
+		switch s {
+		case .open_bracket:
+			strings.write_rune(&b, '{' )
+			s=.close_bracket
+		case .close_bracket:
+			s=.writing
+			strings.write_string(&b, dict[strings.to_string(key)] )
+			strings.builder_reset(&key)
+		case .writing:
+		case .reading_key:
+			s=.close_bracket
+		}
+	case:
+		switch s {
+		case .open_bracket:
+			strings.write_rune(&b, '{' )
+			strings.write_rune(&b, c )
+		case .close_bracket:
+			strings.write_rune(&b, '}' )
+			strings.write_rune(&b, c )
+		case .writing:
+			strings.write_rune(&b, c )
+		case .reading_key:
+			strings.write_rune(&key, c )
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch s {
+	case .open_bracket:
+		strings.write_rune(&b, '{' )
+	case .close_bracket:
+		strings.write_rune(&b, '}' )
+	case .writing:
+	case .reading_key:
+		strings.write_string(&b,strings.to_string(key))
+	}
+
+	return strings.to_string(b)
+}