LUA 'require' usage

[Jarod]

So, I was fooling around with Lua and I had a little surprise.

require "test"

is working but

f = "test"
require f

is not.
Why is that ? Is there a way to obtain something similar ?
The purpose :
I made a MFD and it needs some custom Lua code depending on the ship.
I don't want to make a INI file with the need to parse it, as the Lua code will mostly be conditions using Lua functions and not just var == given value.
Please help

 

[Urwumpe]

Require is for loading Lua modules, not just simple files, you use:

f = assert(loadfile(filename))
x = f()

for executing code from a file as a function.

 

[Jarod]

Thanks, for my defense I was writing the file as a module, but the correct usage was not require f but require(f).