Re: calling a function who's name is contained within a string variable

[Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@...>]

On Jul 21, 2009, at 9:03 PM, Sean Farrow wrote:

> I havethe name of a function I wish to call in a string passed to me  
> in
> this case through shared memory.
>
> Is there a way of calling this function in lua?

Sure. Assuming the function is in _G:

_G[ 'aFunctionNameReceivedThoughSharedMemory' ]()