Trying to load modules based on a value in a variable. Is this possible?

local moduletoload = "login"    
local mod_action = require moduletoload

Thanks

Trying to load modules based on a value in a variable. Is this possible?

local moduletoload = "login"    
local mod_action = require moduletoload

Thanks

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When the argument is a string or table, you can omit parentheses, which is specified by Lua, but in other cases parentheses must be used.

local mod_action = require(moduletoload)