Execute JavaScript code stored as a string

Question

How do I execute some JavaScript that is a string?

function ExecuteJavascriptString()
{
    var s = \"alert(\'hello\')\";
    // how do I get a browser to al         


        

Answer 1

function executeScript(source) {
    var script = document.createElement("script");
    script.onload = script.onerror = function(){ this.remove(); };
    script.src = "data:text/plain;base64," + btoa(source);
    document.body.appendChild(script);
}

executeScript("alert('Hello, World!');");