question about eval

[yawnmoth]

<script>
a = "zzz:\nalert(1) ";

eval(a);
</script>

Why does that work? This doesn't (not that I'd expect it to):

<script>
zzz:
aert(1);
</script>

So why does the first script work when the second one doesn't?

[Krukow]

Re: question about eval

On 1 Mar., 18:32, yawnmoth <terra1...@yaho o.comwrote:

<script>
a = "zzz:\nalert(1) ";
>
eval(a);
</script>
>
Why does that work? This doesn't (not that I'd expect it to):
>
<script>
zzz:
aert(1);
</script>
>
So why does the first script work when the second one doesn't?

Because you misspelled alert?