def template_subst(template, subs, delims=('<', '>')):
    """ Perform substitution of content into tagged string.

    For substitutions into template input files for external computational
    packages, no checks for valid syntax are performed.

    Each key in `subs` corresponds to a delimited
    substitution tag to be replaced in `template` by the entire text of the
    value of that key. For example, the dict ``{"ABC": "text"}`` would
    convert ``The <ABC> is working`` to  ``The text is working``, using the
    default delimiters of '<' and '>'. Substitutions are performed in
    iteration order from `subs`; recursive substitution
    as the tag parsing proceeds is thus
    feasible if an :class:`~collections.OrderedDict` is used and substitution
    key/value pairs are added in the proper order.

    Start and end delimiters for the tags are modified by `delims`. For
    example, to substitute a tag of the form **{\|TAG\|}**, the tuple
    ``("{|","|}")`` should be passed to `subs_delims`.  Any elements in
    `delims` past the second are ignored. No checking is
    performed for whether the delimiters are "sensible" or not.

    Parameters
    ----------
    template
        |str| --
        Template containing tags delimited by `subs_delims`,
        with tag names and substitution contents provided in `subs`

    subs
        |dict| of |str| --
        Each item's key and value are the tag name and corresponding content to
        be substituted into the provided template.

    delims
        iterable of |str| --
        Iterable containing the 'open' and 'close' strings used to mark tags
        in the template, which are drawn from elements zero and one,
        respectively. Any elements beyond these are ignored.

    Returns
    -------
    subst_text
        |str| --
        String generated from the parsed template, with all tag
        substitutions performed.

    """

    # Store the template into the working variable
    subst_text = template

    # Iterate over subs and perform the .replace() calls
    for (k,v) in subs.items():
        subst_text = subst_text.replace(
                delims[0] + k + delims[1], v)
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    # Return the result
    return subst_text
Perform substitution of content into tagged string.

    For substitutions into template input files for external computational
    packages, no checks for valid syntax are performed.

    Each key in `subs` corresponds to a delimited
    substitution tag to be replaced in `template` by the entire text of the
    value of that key. For example, the dict ``{"ABC": "text"}`` would
    convert ``The <ABC> is working`` to  ``The text is working``, using the
    default delimiters of '<' and '>'. Substitutions are performed in
    iteration order from `subs`; recursive substitution
    as the tag parsing proceeds is thus
    feasible if an :class:`~collections.OrderedDict` is used and substitution
    key/value pairs are added in the proper order.

    Start and end delimiters for the tags are modified by `delims`. For
    example, to substitute a tag of the form **{\|TAG\|}**, the tuple
    ``("{|","|}")`` should be passed to `subs_delims`.  Any elements in
    `delims` past the second are ignored. No checking is
    performed for whether the delimiters are "sensible" or not.

    Parameters
    ----------
    template
        |str| --
        Template containing tags delimited by `subs_delims`,
        with tag names and substitution contents provided in `subs`

    subs
        |dict| of |str| --
        Each item's key and value are the tag name and corresponding content to
        be substituted into the provided template.

    delims
        iterable of |str| --
        Iterable containing the 'open' and 'close' strings used to mark tags
        in the template, which are drawn from elements zero and one,
        respectively. Any elements beyond these are ignored.

    Returns
    -------
    subst_text
        |str| --
        String generated from the parsed template, with all tag
        substitutions performed.