[LUA] Import a function from another file

Hello,

is there a way to import a function or all the functions from another lua file? Basically I want to have two files:

• tools.lua containing a function readConfig(filename)
• main.lua using the readConfig function

you can use os.loadAPI(filename)
wont work so well with files that end with .lua though

No problem, this is exactly what I needed, sorry for being silly :)/>

alternatively you can use dofile, loadfile or loadstring.

Load string is always fun, it creates a function with the content you specify. So if I wanted to create a function by source I could do.

loadstring( "function newFunction() return 10 end")()

LoadString takes the source from the string, and puts it in to a function that is returned to you, I then call the returned function with the () at the end. so now newFunction has been declared.
If you type lua in to a CC Computer or Turtle and do

loadstring( "function newFunction() return 10 end")()
newFunction()

The result 10 will be printed.

If you're feeling brave, look through these http://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/i/loadstring