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Question with loadstring(String)
I was trying to do tests on creating equations in string forms and using them to calculate numbers. It is supposed to print "10", but it is printing "nil".
local E = "X+Y" local X = 9 local Y = 1 local A = 0
A = loadstring(E) print(A)
Do I have something not working/missing to solve the equation?
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Your code needs to look like this:
local E = "X+Y"
X = 9
Y = 1
A = loadstring("return " .. E)() print(A)
First off, you need to call the function returned by loadstring with () at the end of loadstring(String). Second, you need to return E as I have shown.
Also, the variables will not carry over to the loadstring function unless you make them global (not _G). My example prints 10.
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That works. Thanks. Ill be able to use it on a larger scale soon. :) FromLegoUniverse 264 — 10y