jQuery.fn.parseTemplate = function(data) {
    var str = (this).html();
    var _tmplCache = {}
    var err = "";
    try {
        var func = _tmplCache[str];
        if (!func) {
            var strFunc =
            "var p=[],print=function(){p.push.apply(p,arguments);};" +
                        "with(obj){p.push('" +
            str.replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ")
               .replace(/'(?=[^#]*#>)/g, "\t")
               .split("'").join("\\'")
               .split("\t").join("'")
               .replace(/<#=(.+?)#>/g, "',$1,'")
               .split("<#").join("');")
               .split("#>").join("p.push('")
               + "');}return p.join('');";

            //alert(strFunc);
            func = new Function("obj", strFunc);
            _tmplCache[str] = func;
        }
        return func(data);
    } catch (e) { err = e.message; }
    return "< # ERROR: " + err.toString() + " # >";
}

/*************************************************
Sample Usage with template defined below
**************************************************
var output = $('#MyTemplate').parseTemplate(json);
$('#MyTemplateOutputDiv').html(output);


/*************************************************
Sample Client Template - Binding to JSON customer object collection:
NOTICE THE HTML IS SURROUNDED BY <SCRIPT> TAG TO AVOID RENDERING
**************************************************
<script id="MyTemplate" type="text/html">
<table style="width:400px;">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Address</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<#
for(var i=0; i < d.length; i++)     
{      
var cust = d[i]; 
#>
<tr>
<td id="CustomerRow_<#= i.toString() #>">
<#= cust.FirstName #> 
</td>
<td>
<#= cust.LastName #>
</td>
<td>
<#= cust.Address.Street #>
<br />
<#= cust.Address.City #>, <#= cust.Address.State #>
&nbsp;&nbsp;<#= cust.Address.Zip #>
</td>
</tr>
<# 
}
#>
</tbody>
</table>
<br />
<#= d.length #> records shown
</script>
*/