Call function from a string

[lolcatsareawesome]

Hi there again,

I want to know if it's possible to call a function with his name as a string.

Per example i have:

function myFunctionName() 
  
end 

and in another part of my code, I've:

local theFunction = "myFunctionName"; 

It's possible to call the function using theFunction() ?

Thanks.

[DiSaMe]

All global variables are stored in the table _G with their names as keys. So myFunctionName is _G["myFunctionName"]

[lolcatsareawesome]

All global variables are stored in the table _G with their names as keys. So myFunctionName is _G["myFunctionName"]

Oh thanks.