Lua 5.1.4 Copyright (C) 1994-2008 Lua.org, PUC-Rio

> function foo() print "hello" end

> bar = foo

> bar()

hello

>

or, if you really want to have the function name as a string, there are some suggestions here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1791234/lua-call-function-from-a-string-with-function-name

hunmonk

On Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Lloyd Aloysius wrote:

Hello

Does lua support , Call a Function through a variable name

Ex:

function playfile()

end

variable_a = "playfile"

how to call the variable_a , that execute function?

Thanks
Lloyd

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