diff --git a/internal/nprintf/nprintf.go b/internal/nprintf/nprintf.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b68397ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/nprintf/nprintf.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package nprintf
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// NPrintf is a helper function to replace placeholders in a string with values from a map
+func NPrintf(format string, params map[string]interface{}) string {
+	for key, val := range params {
+		var strVal string
+		switch val.(type) {
+		case []string:
+			r := regexp.MustCompile(`" "`)
+			strVal = r.ReplaceAllString(fmt.Sprintf("%q", val), `", "`)
+		default:
+			strVal = fmt.Sprintf("%v", val)
+		}
+		format = strings.Replace(format, "%{"+key+"}", strVal, -1)
+	}
+	return format
+}