JScript Language Elements
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Expressions and Eval()
The term "expression", in JScript, refers to a string that a human being would read as a Boolean or mathematical expression. (Expressions contain symbol characters like "+" rather than words like "added to".)
EXAMPLES:
var oneExpression = "3 * (4 / 5)"; var aSecondExpression = "Math.PI * radius * 2"; var aThirdExpression = aSecondExpression + "%" + oneExpression; var aFourthExpression = "(" + aSecondExpression + ") % (" + oneExpression + ")";Eval() is a special function that evaluates any legitimate JScript expression and returns the result.
EXAMPLES:
var anExpression = "6 * 9 % 7"; var total = eval(anExpression); // Assigns the value 5 to the variable total. var anotherExpression = "6 * (9 % 7)"; total = eval(anotherExpression) // Assigns the value 12 to the variable total. var totality = eval("...surrounded by acres of clams."); // Generates an error.
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