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#DefineFunction udfStrToMorse (strString) ; Version 4.
If strString == "" Then Return ""

; Chars = 26 upper alpha chars + 10 numerical chars + 23 upper special chars + one space char. Note: "CH" = "----" ; Not handled by this code.
strChars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" : "0123456789" : "ÀÅÄÈÉÖÜßÑ.,:;?-_()'=+/@" : " "
strString = StrUpper (StrClean (strString, strChars, "", @FALSE, 2)) ; Remove all other unknown chars.
arrChars = ArrayFromStr (strChars)

strMorseLatin = ".-|-...|-.-.|-..|.|..-.|--.|....|..|.---|-.-|.-..|--|-.|---|.--.|--.-|.-.|...|-|..-|...-|.--|-..-|-.--|--.." ; 26 codes.
strMorseNum = "-----|.----|..---|...--|....-|.....|-....|--...|---..|----." ; 10 codes.
strMorseSpecial = ".--.-|.--.-|.-.-|.-..-|..-..|---.|..--|...--..|--.--|.-.-.-|--..--|---...|-.-.-.|..--..|-....-|..--.-|-.--.|-.--.-|.----.|-...-|.-.-.|-..-.|.--.-." ; 23 codes.
arrMorse = Arrayize (strMorseLatin : "|" : strMorseNum : "|" : strMorseSpecial : "|" : " ", "|") ; 60 codes (59 codes plus one space).

objDict = CreateObject ("Scripting.Dictionary")
objDict.CompareMode = 0 ; BinaryCompare, i. e. "That" != "that"

intLast = ArrInfo (arrChars, 1) - 1
For intI = 0 To intLast
   objDict.Add(arrChars [intI], arrMorse[intI])
Next

strMorse = ""
intLast = StrLen (strString)
For intI = 1 To intLast
   strMorse = strMorse : objDict.Item(StrSub(strString, intI, 1))
Next

objDict.RemoveAll
Drop (objDict)

Return strMorse
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; This UDF "udfStrToMorse" converts a given string into it's equivalent Morse code.
;
; strCharsLatin = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" ; 26 upper alpha chars.
; strCharsNum = "0123456789" ; 10 numerical chars.
; strCharsSpecial = "ÀÅÄÈÉÖÜßÑ.,:;?-()'=+/@" ; 22 special chars.
; Note: "CH" = "----" ; Not handled by this code.
;
; Detlev Dalitz.20090703.20101223.
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#EndFunction
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; Test.

strString = "SOS"
strMorse = udfStrToMorse (strString) ; strMorse = "...---..."
strMsgTitle = strString
strMsgText = strMorse
Message (strMsgTitle, strMsgText)

strString = "- (  [<{Hello}>] World!  ) ? ."
strMorse = udfStrToMorse (strString) ; strMorse = "-....- -.--.  ......-...-..--- .-----.-..-..-..  -.--.- ..--.. .-.-.-"
strMsgTitle = strString
strMsgText = strMorse
Message (strMsgTitle, strMsgText)

Exit