autoit - randomize text replacement with stringreplace function - autoit

Question

So I am in need of replacing string text with autoit using stringreplace but I need to randomize the output.
An example of what I need is
Stringreplace($string, "and", {also|as well})
My ultimate goal is to randomly replace the text with the following options based on the word "and" with also or as well

Answer 1

I wrote this a long time ago.
It will convert this
My name is {John|Peter|Mark}! {Regards|Cheers|Get lost}!
to something like this
My name is John! Cheers!
It works with line breaks also.
Func SpintaxToTXT($TextWithSpintax)
Dim $MSGMSG
Dim $lines
$lines = StringSplit($TextWithSpintax, #LF)
For $z = 1 To $lines[0]
If $z > 1 Then $MSGMSG &= #LF
$d = StringSplit($lines[$z], "{}")
For $i = 1 To $d[0]
$MSGSplit = StringSplit($d[$i], "|")
If #error Then
$MSGMSG &= $MSGSplit[1]
ContinueLoop
EndIf
$MSGMSG &= $MSGSplit[Random(1, $MSGSplit[0], 1)]
Next
Next
Return $MSGMSG
EndFunc ;==>SpintaxToTXT

Answer 2

Try this:
Global $options_A = StringSplit('also,as well,bla,blubb,that,this', ',', 2)
For $i = 0 To 20
ConsoleWrite($options_A[Random(0, UBound($options_A) - 1, 1)] & #CRLF)
Next

Answer 3

Here's one I made earlier. Works exactly the same as StringReplace except instead of taking a replacement string, it takes a function that returns the replacement string. The using Xenobiologist's array method, you get the desired result.
Local $sTest = "The cat and the dog and the rat."
ConsoleWrite(_StringReplaceCallback($sTest, "and", _MyCallback) & #LF)
Func _MyCallback($s)
Local Static $aOptions = StringSplit("also|as well", "|")
Return $aOptions[Random(1, $aOptions[0], 1)]
EndFunc ;==>_MyCallback
Func _StringReplaceCallback($sString, $sFind, $funcReplace, $iOccurence = 0, $iCaseSense = 0)
Local $sRet = ""
Local $iDir = 1
Local $iPos = 1
If $iOccurence < 0 Then
$iDir = -1
$iPos = StringLen($sString)
EndIf
If $iOccurence = 0 Then $iOccurence = $iDir * StringLen($sString)
While 1
$i = StringInStr($sString, $sFind, $iCaseSense, $iDir, $iPos)
If $iDir > 0 Then
If Not $i Or Not $iOccurence Then
$sRet &= StringMid($sString, $iPos)
ExitLoop
EndIf
$sRet &= StringMid($sString, $iPos, $i - $iPos) & $funcReplace($sFind)
$iPos = $i + StringLen($sFind)
Else
If Not $i Or Not $iOccurence Then
$sRet = StringMid($sString, 1, $iPos) & $sRet
ExitLoop
EndIf
$sRet = $funcReplace($sFind) & StringMid($sString, $i + StringLen($sFind), $iPos - $i - StringLen($sFind) + 1) & $sRet
$iPos = $i - 1
EndIf
If $iOccurence <> 0 Then $iOccurence -= $iDir
WEnd
Return $sRet
EndFunc ;==>_StringReplaceCallback
It's probably worth noting that there is actually a simpler solution for this, provided the replacement strings don't ever include "and" (or else you'll have an infinite loop), that just replaces one instance at a time:
Local $sString = "The cat and the dog and the rat."
Local $aOptions = StringSplit("also|as well", "|")
Do
$sString = StringReplace($sString, "and", $aOptions[Random(1, $aOptions[0], 1)], 1)
Until Not #extended
ConsoleWrite($sString & #LF)