how does loadstring work?

[the underminer]

How do I get this to work?

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assert(loadstring("response = 15"))
print(1,response)

The result is 1,nil

here's what the lua 5.1 reference has to say:

loadstring (string [, chunkname])

Similar to load, but gets the chunk from the given string.

To load and run a given string, use the idiom

assert(loadstring(s))()

[the underminer]

ow excuse me, I forgot an extra ()

assert(loadstring("response = 15"))()
print(1,response)