[SOLVED]propper use of unserialize to run functions?

A new problem I've run into is: how do I run scripts that have been unserialized.

I understand how

textutils.unserialize()

works, how ever my issue is that, not only do I not know how to pass commands to the lua prompt, but also the problem that when calling

tempvar()

it trhows a nill error, but it prints just fine.

I'm using plethora's chat recorder with the standard script running code but slightly altered to run the lua code entered in chat.
the original plethora's code found here
(It's the third code snippet)

and my code that I'm using-

--[[irrelevant code

local function clear()
  term.clear()
  term.setCursorPos(1,1)
end

clear()
--]]

local chat = peripheral.wrap("right")

while true do

--message catching
  local _, player, message, uuid = os.pullEvent("chat_message")

--message parsing
  local tempmsg = string.sub(message,2)
  tempvar = textutils.unserialize(tempmsg)

--debug
  print(message)
  print(tempmsg)
  print(tempvar) --pre edit: print(tempmsg)

--atempted function call
  tempvar()

end

With regards
-qwerty

you want loadstring not textutils.unserialise, functions and coroutines can't be serialised in the version of lua that CC has.

Lupus590, on 23 February 2020 - 02:27 PM said:

you want loadstring not textutils.unserialise…

Thanks man! woorks like a charm now!