JavaScript eval() Function: Rules and Usage

Javascript Web Development Object Oriented Programming

The eval() function is used to evaluate the given string and execute it as JavaScript code. Using eval() is highly dangerous as someone can pass malicious code as input string to one of out inputs.

Following is the code to show eval() function in JavaScript −

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Document</title>
<style>
   body {
      font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
   }
   .result {
      font-size: 20px;
      font-weight: 500;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>JavaScript eval() function</h1>
<div style="color: green;" class="result"></div>
<button class="Btn">CLICK HERE</button>
<h3>Click on the above button to see eval() usage</h3>
<script>
   let resEle = document.querySelector(".result");
   let BtnEle = document.querySelector(".Btn");
   function multiply(a, b) {
      return a * b;
   }
   BtnEle.addEventListener("click", () => {
      resEle.innerHTML += eval("12+92") + "";
      eval('resEle.innerHTML += "Hello world "');
      resEle.innerHTML += eval("multiply(12,33)");
   });
</script>
</body>
</html>