Groovy flexible way of replaceAll method -

i new groovy , thats why can't figure 1 thing out. have ant task groovy class supposed read lines property file , switch of property.values, example 1 "one", 2 "two" etc. have extracted values i've got 1,2,3 etc or 5,7,1 , problem starts know replaceall method, possible somehow make more flexible? or if want change 1 2 3 have define 3 replaceall methods ("1", "one") ("2","two") ("3", "three") ? oh , yes, switch values on output.

you use collect , switch (assuming understand question:

def = [ 1, 4, 2 ]  def b = a.collect {   switch( ) {     case 1  : 'one' ; break     case 2  : 'two' ; break     case 3  : 'three' ; break     default :   } }  assert b = [ 'one', 4, 'two' ]  // , other way  def c = b.collect {   switch( ) {     case 'one'   : 1 ; break     case 'two'   : 2 ; break     case 'three' : 3 ; break     default      :   } }  assert c ==