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given a String:

string = "the cat is on the mat"

and given a String-Pattern

stringPattern = "c" ~~ _ ~~ "t"

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write a function that formats its output such that every occurrence of the String-Pattern in the String is Highlighted

 f[string, stringPattern]

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    $\begingroup$ Not to discourage answers here, just as a reference, there is this ResourceFunction["HighlightText"]["This is some test text.", "test"] $\endgroup$
    – Jason B.
    May 27, 2021 at 11:10

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f = StringReplace[#, pat : #2 :> ToString[Highlighted@pat, StandardForm]] &;

f[string, stringPattern]

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f[string <> " " <> string, stringPattern]

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