---
title: ConvertStringToLuaID
summary: Creates a local Lua ID representation from the string form used by the Lua → MD bridge.
section: reference
kind: api
status: reference
updated: 2026-10-26
tags: ["API","X4"]
sources: ["https://wiki.egosoft.com/X4%20Foundations%20Wiki/Modding%20Support/","https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html","https://luajit.org/ext_ffi_api.html"]
---
## Return value

| Type | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| [`unknown`](wiki:type-results) | The return contract has not been established. Unused return values do not prove void or nil. |

[Types and methods](wiki:types)

## Parameters

| Name | Type / role |
| --- | --- |
| `text` | local ID string in the established format |

## Example and context

See [language basics](wiki:x4-code-basics), [types and methods](wiki:types) and [Lua / MD events](wiki:md-lua-bridge). Examples there are independent learning examples. No project source files or private implementation fragments are distributed with this reference.