diff --git a/cake/libs/set.php b/cake/libs/set.php
index 928e32a03..d99caa240 100644
--- a/cake/libs/set.php
+++ b/cake/libs/set.php
@@ -303,6 +303,50 @@ class Set extends Object {
 		}
 		return $return;
 	}
+/**
+ * Returns a series of values extracted from an array, formatted in a format string.
+ *
+ * @param array		$data Source array from which to extract the data
+ * @param string	$format Format string into which values will be inserted
+ * @param array		$keys An array containing one or more Set::extract()-style key paths
+ * @return array	An array of strings extracted from $keys and formatted with $format
+ * @access public
+ */
+	function format($data, $format, $keys) {
+		$extracted = array();
+		$count = count($keys);
+
+		if (!$count) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
+			$extracted[] = Set::extract($data, $keys[$i]);
+		}
+
+		if (preg_match_all('/\{([0-9]+)\}/msi', $format, $keys) && isset($keys[1])) {
+			$out = array();
+			$keys = $keys[1];
+			$data = $extracted;
+			$count = count($data[0]);
+			$format = preg_split('/\{([0-9]+)\}/msi', $format);
+			$count2 = count($format);
+
+			for ($j = 0; $j < $count; $j++) {
+				$formatted = '';
+				for ($i = 0; $i <= $count2; $i++) {
+					if (isset($format[$i])) {
+						$formatted .= $format[$i];
+					}
+					if (isset($keys[$i]) && isset($data[$keys[$i]][$j])) {
+						$formatted .= $data[$keys[$i]][$j];
+					}
+				}
+				$out[] = $formatted;
+			}
+		}
+		return $out;
+	}
 /**
  * Gets a value from an array or object that maps a given path.
  * The special {n}, as seen in the Model::generateList method, is taken care of here.
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/set.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/set.test.php
index dd55342ae..76bb9cc1f 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/set.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/set.test.php
@@ -508,5 +508,51 @@ class SetTest extends UnitTestCase {
 		$result = Set::reverse($map);
 		$this->assertIdentical($result, $expected);
 	}
+
+	function testFormatting() {
+		$data = array(
+			array('Person'		=> array(
+				'first_name'	=> 'Nate',
+				'last_name'		=> 'Abele',
+				'city'			=> 'Boston',
+				'state'			=> 'MA',
+				'something'		=> '42'
+			)),
+			array('Person'		=> array(
+				'first_name'	=> 'Larry',
+				'last_name'		=> 'Masters',
+				'city'			=> 'Boondock',
+				'state'			=> 'TN',
+				'something'		=> '{0}'
+			)),
+			array('Person'		=> array(
+				'first_name'	=> 'Garrett',
+				'last_name'		=> 'Woodworth',
+				'city'			=> 'Venice Beach',
+				'state'			=> 'CA',
+				'something'		=> '{1}'
+			))
+		);
+
+		$result = Set::format($data, '{1}, {0}', array('{n}.Person.first_name', '{n}.Person.last_name'));
+		$expected = array('Abele, Nate', 'Masters, Larry', 'Woodworth, Garrett');
+		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+
+		$result = Set::format($data, '{0}, {1}', array('{n}.Person.last_name', '{n}.Person.first_name'));
+		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+
+		$result = Set::format($data, '{0}, {1}', array('{n}.Person.city', '{n}.Person.state'));
+		$expected = array('Boston, MA', 'Boondock, TN', 'Venice Beach, CA');
+		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+
+		$result = Set::format($data, '{{0}, {1}}', array('{n}.Person.city', '{n}.Person.state'));
+		$expected = array('{Boston, MA}', '{Boondock, TN}', '{Venice Beach, CA}');
+		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+
+		$result = Set::format($data, '{{0}, {1}}', array('{n}.Person.something', '{n}.Person.something'));
+		$expected = array('{42, 42}', '{{0}, {0}}', '{{1}, {1}}');
+		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+	}
 }
+
 ?>
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