lua.lua

-- running luajit in repl will be useful for exploration
-- docker run -it --rm akorn/luajit:2.1-alpine

-- just inspired at
-- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1426954/split-string-in-lua
function mysplit (inputstr, sep)
  if sep == nil then
    sep = "%s"
  end
  local t={}
  for str in string.gmatch(inputstr, "([^"..sep.."]+)") do
    table.insert(t, str)
  end
  return t
end

codeparts = mysplit("luaphase||luacode", "||")
print(codeparts[1])
-- luaphase
print(codeparts[2])
-- luacode

luacode = "a = 0 \n a = a + 1 \n print(a) \n"
luacodefunction = loadstring(luacode)
luacodefunction()
-- 1