string_to_NATO-RADIO-CODE.lua

local phonArray = {}
	phonArray["a"]="ALPHA";
	phonArray["b"]="BRAVO";
	phonArray["c"]="CHARLIE";
	phonArray["d"]="DELTA";
	phonArray["e"]="ECHO";
	phonArray["f"]="FOXTROT";
	phonArray["g"]="GOLF";
	phonArray["h"]="HOTEL";
	phonArray["i"]="INDIA";
	phonArray["j"]="JULIET";
	phonArray["k"]="KILO";
	phonArray["l"]="LIMA";
	phonArray["m"]="MIKE";
	phonArray["n"]="NOVEMBER";
	phonArray["o"]="OSCAR";
	phonArray["p"]="PAPA";
	phonArray["q"]="QUEBEC";
	phonArray["r"]="ROMEO";
	phonArray["s"]="SIERRA";
	phonArray["t"]="TANGO";
	phonArray["u"]="UNIFORM";
	phonArray["v"]="VICTOR";
	phonArray["w"]="WHISKEY";
	phonArray["x"]="X-RAY";
	phonArray["y"]="YANKEE";
	phonArray["z"]="ZULU";
	phonArray["æ"]="AERLIG";
	phonArray["ø"]="OSALSH";
	phonArray["å"]="ARING";
	phonArray["0"]="ZERO";
	phonArray["1"]="ONE";
	phonArray["2"]="TWO";
	phonArray["3"]="THREE";
	phonArray["4"]="FOUR";
	phonArray["5"]="FIVE";
	phonArray["6"]="SIX";
	phonArray["7"]="SEVEN";
	phonArray["8"]="EIGHT";
	phonArray["9"]="NINER";
	phonArray["-"]="[Dash]";
	phonArray["."]="[Dot]";
	phonArray["@"]="[At]";
	phonArray[" "]="[Space]";
	phonArray["/"]="[Slash]";
	phonArray["#"]="[Hastag]";
	phonArray['"']="[Quot]";
	phonArray["&"]="[Ampersand]";
	phonArray["!"]="[Exclamation mark]";
	phonArray['\\']="[Backslash]";
	phonArray["?"]="[Question mark]";
	phonArray["("]="[Left parenthesis]";
	phonArray[")"]="[Right parenthesis]";
	phonArray["'"]="[Apostrophe]";
	phonArray[","]="[Comma]";
	phonArray[":"]="[Colon]";

function string.ToNATO(str, sep)
	local strout = ""
	local sep = sep or " "
	local len = string.len(str)
	if len == 0 then return "" end
	local i = 1
	while i <= len do
		if phonArray[str[i]] then
			strout = strout .. phonArray[str[i]] .. " "
		end
		i = i + 1
	end
	return strout
end