Closures · Function

loadstring

Compiles and loads a string of Luau source code at executor-level identity.

function loadstring(sourcesourcestringThe Luau source code to compile.: string, chunknamechunknamestring?Name used in error stack traces.: string?): (function?, string?)function?The compiled function, or nil on error.string?The compilation error message if compilation failed.

Usage

Dynamic execution

local fn, err = loadstring("return 1 + 1")
if fn then
	print(fn()) --> 2
else
	warn("Compile error:", err)
end