loadfile - Byte Documentation

loadfile(path: string): (function?, string?)

Aliases

None.

string

required

A UTF-8 path relative to the Byte workspace.

function?

The compiled chunk, or nil on compilation failure.

string?

A diagnostic on compilation failure; absent on success.

Compilation failure returns nil, error. File/path errors normally raise. Related types: Filesystem types & behavior.

writefile("docs-example/module.lua", "return 42")
local fn, err = loadfile("docs-example/module.lua")
if fn then print(fn()) else warn(err) end