JavaScript eval () function

JavaScript Global Objects

Definition and usage

The eval () function computes a string and executes the JavaScript code in it.

Grammar

Eval (String)

Parameters	Description
String	Necessary. The string to evaluate that contains the JAVASCRIPT expression to be evaluated or the statement to execute.

return value

The value (if any) that is obtained by calculating the string.

Description

The method only accepts the original string as an argument, and if the string parameter is not the original string, the method returns without any change. Therefore, do not pass a String object as a parameter for the eval () function.

If you attempt to override the Eval property or assign the eval () method to another property and call it through the property, the ECMAScript implementation allows a Evalerror exception to be thrown.

Thrown

Throws an SyntaxError exception if there are no valid expressions and statements in the argument.

If Eval () is called illegally, a Evalerror exception is thrown.

If the Javascript code passed to eval () generates an exception, eval () passes the exception to the caller.

Hints and Notes

Tip: Although the function of eval () is very powerful, there are not many cases where it is used in practice.

Example 1

In this example, we will use Eval () on a few strings and see the results returned:

<script type= "Text/javascript" >eval ("X=10;y=20;document.write (x*y)") document.write (eval ("+ +)") var x= 10document.write (eval (x+17)) </script>

Output:

200427

Example 2

Take a look at the result of the Eval () return in other cases:

Eval ("2+3")//return 5var Myeval = eval;//may throw Evalerror exception Myeval ("2+3");//May throw Evalerror exception

The following code can be used to detect whether the parameters of eval () are legitimate:

Try  {     alert ("Result:" + eval (Prompt ("Enter An expression:", "")));     } catch (Exception) {     alert (exception);     }

JavaScript eval () function