Alternatives to "eval"

Some JavaScript commands are so inefficient and so rarely needed that you have to wonder why they are included in JavaScript in the first place.

"eval" is one of the most misused JavaScript commands as well as being one of the least efficient to actually run. Almost every occasion where novice JavaScript programmers use eval it is actually unnecessary as JavaScript itself provides simple efficient ways of avoiding the need to use it in most instances.

Alternatives to "eval"