Given:
check_for = ["Lorem", "ipsum", "dolor", "sit", "amet"]
replace_with = ["Donec", "ut", "libero", "sed", "arcu"]
sentence = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec a diam lectus. Sed sit amet ipsum mauris. Maecenas congue ligula ac quam viverra nec consectetur ante hendrerit. Donec et mollis dolor. Praesent et diam eget libero egestas mattis sit amet vitae augue. Nam tincidunt congue enim, ut porta lorem lacinia consectetur."
Answer:
That could be done with a hash defining the replacements:
sentence = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit..." replacements = { 'Lorem' => 'Donec', 'ipsum' => 'ut', 'dolor' => 'libero', 'sit' => 'sed', 'amet' => 'arcu', } sentence.gsub(Regexp.union(replacements.keys), replacements) #=> "Donec ut libero sed arcu, consectetur adipiscing elit..."
Btw you can easily generate that
replacements
hash from your arrays like this:replacements = Hash[check_for.zip(replace_with)]