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You can always run JavaScript from inside itself, although this is strongly discouraged due to the security vulnerabilities it presents (see Remarks for details). To run JavaScript from inside JavaScript, simply use the below function: eval("var a = 'Hello, World!'");

You can set a variable to something with the eval() function by using something similar to the below code: var x = 10; var y = 20; var a = eval("x * y") + "<br>"; var b = eval("2 + 2") + "<br>"; var c = eval("x + 17") + "<br&...

var x = 5; var str = "if (x == 5) {console.log('z is 42'); z = 42;} else z = 0; "; console.log("z is ", eval(str)); The use of eval is strongly discouraged. See the Remarks section for details.