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mkluwe on 04/13/10


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function exec loadstring


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execute string

 / Published in: Lua
 

yields the interpreted value of a given string by prepending "return" and calling loadstring()

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  1. local function exec( s )
  2.     return loadstring( 'return ' .. s )()
  3. end
  4.  
  5. -- example:
  6. local v = exec '{ 42 }'
  7. print( v[ 1 ] ) -- prints "42"

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