One find and multiple replace from a data file

[flames]

Example :

1) I have a text file with 1000 same words (let the word be "friends").

2) I have another text file like

fowl
frame
free
frequent
friend
......
......
so on.

3) Now need to replace the friends of 1st text file with the 2nd text file like

friends ......fowl
friends ......frame
friends ......free
friends ......frequent
friends ......friend
.....
.....
So on.

1st friends should be replaced with fowl
2nd friends should be replaced with frame
3rd friends should be replaced with free
4th friends should be replaced with frequent
5th friends should be replaced with friend

Need a macro or script for this task.

Sorry for my English..hope I'm clear

[Mofi]

Copy this script into a new ASCII/ANSI file with DOS line terminators, save it, close it and add the script to the list of scripts in menu Scripting. Open the two files, make the file containing the placeholder string friends the active file and run the script from menu Scripting.

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if (UltraEdit.document.length > 1) // At least 2 files must be open.
{
   // Define the environment for the script.
   UltraEdit.insertMode();
   UltraEdit.columnModeOff();

   // The active file is the file to modify with the strings stored
   // line by line in the other opened file which must be the list file.
   var nListFile = (UltraEdit.activeDocument.path == UltraEdit.document[0].path) ? 1 : 0;
   // Select everything in list file with DOS terminated lines.
   UltraEdit.document[nListFile].selectAll();
   if (UltraEdit.document[nListFile].isSel())
   {
      // Get all lines in the file into an array of strings with the line termination.
      var asStrings = UltraEdit.document[nListFile].selection.split("\r\n");
      // Remove last string if it is an empty string because list file ended with a line termination.
      if (asStrings[asStrings.length-1] == "") asStrings.pop();
      // Discard the selection in the list file by moving caret to top of file.
      UltraEdit.document[nListFile].top();

      // Now the placeholder strings in active file can be replaced by strings from list file.
      UltraEdit.ueReOn();
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.mode=0;
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.matchCase=false;
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.matchWord=false;
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.regExp=false;
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.searchDown=true;
      if (typeof(UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.searchInColumn) == "boolean")
      {
         UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.searchInColumn=false;
      }
      // Move caret in active file to top of the file.
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.top();

      // The following loop is run for every string in the array
      // or up to last found occurrence of the placeholder string.
      for (var nStringIndex = 0; nStringIndex < asStrings.length; nStringIndex++ )
      {
         // Ignore empty strings caused by empty lines in the list file.
         if (asStrings[nStringIndex].length == 0) continue;
         if (!UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.find("friends")) break;
         UltraEdit.activeDocument.write(asStrings[nStringIndex]);
      }
   }
}