?exec() statement to execute arbitrary code. 1

[bvallet]

Hopefully someone can help me, I'm drawing a blank. If I remember correctly, there is a function that allows you to execute an arbitrary string value, something like:

exec('window.open(window)');

The only problem is, I can't remember the name of the function and looking it up in a reference book index is like using a dictionary to check for a misspelled word, if I knew the name to look for, I wouldn't need to look it up.

Anyone know the name of this function, or am I just getting by languages confused (wouldn't be the first time)?

Thanks.

 

[jaredn]

The method is eval(), of the window (or global) object. You can use either:

eval(somstring)

or

window.eval(somestring) jared@eae.net -

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[bvallet]

Thank you, for the life of me, I couldn't think of the name.