static L formatWithFragments(S starPattern, O... args) {
  if (empty(args)) ret starPattern;
  S tok = javaTok(starPattern);
  int iArg = 0;
  for (int i = 1; i < l(tok); i += 2)
    if (eqGet(tok, i, "*")) {
      tok.set(i, args[iArg++]);
      if (iArg >= l(args)) break;
    }
  ret join(tok);
}