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<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?

On 1 Mar., 18:32, yawnmoth <terra1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> <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?