A new way to call functions via translation

tab = {}
str = "alpha<'hi world','goodbye','james' charlie<'bravo','tuna','chips'"
ostr = str
print(str)
print("----")

str = string.gsub(string.gsub(str, "%s", "_"), "'_", "') ")..")"
print(str)
print("----")

for x in string.gmatch(str, "(%S+<)") do table.insert(tab, x) end
for k,v in next,tab do str = string.gsub(str, v, "(") end

print(str)
print("----")


tab, tabxb = {}, {}
for x in string.gmatch(str, "%S+") do table.insert(tabxb, x) end
for x in string.gmatch(ostr, "(%S+<)") do table.insert(tab, x) end

for k,v in next, tabxb do tabxb[k] = string.gsub(v,"_"," ") end

print(string.sub(tab[1],1,-2)..tabxb[1].." "..string.sub(tab[2],1,-2)..tabxb[2])

--[[RESULT:
alpha<'hi world','goodbye','james' charlie<'bravo','tuna','chips'
----
alpha<'hi_world','goodbye','james') charlie<'bravo','tuna','chips')
----
('hi_world','goodbye','james') ('bravo','tuna','chips')
----
alpha('hi world','goodbye','james') charlie('bravo','tuna','chips')
]]--