how to execute a string as a line of code in lua

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I made myself a drone os in the minecraft mod Opencomputers, but I want to be able to make it run any line of code once recieved from the network card. I've tried everything I found here but none of it works, or atleast I haven't done it the right way. Can someone give me an example of something that will run a string as code?

This is one of the things I've tried (message is a string)

os.execute(message)

Is there a way to convert the string to just, not a string so I can at least see if os.execute will work how i want it to?

It can be incredibly frustrating to try many different solutions and none of them work, but we still need to see at least one coding attempt you've made. Lua has a built-in function that does what you're asking for, but there are various reasons why it might not work, so it's very important that we see something you've tried. — luther, Nov 20 '21 at 16:31

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 20 '21 at 17:03

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https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-loadstring

To load and run a given string, use the idiom
 assert(loadstring(s))()

answered Nov 20 '21 at 17:03

Piglet

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i tried this, it yelled "attempt to call global 'loadstring' (a nil value)", is there a way i can make it not yell that? – Gavinimations Nov 20 '21 at 17:08
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if it is using a newer Lua version try `load` instead – Piglet Nov 20 '21 at 17:17
reading the Lua manual helps ;) – Piglet Nov 20 '21 at 17:27
i've been trying to read the lua manual but there's so much versions of it that pop up and im just like aaaaa – Gavinimations Nov 20 '21 at 18:21

how to execute a string as a line of code in lua

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