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JS.EvaluateToString

Evaluates a JavaScript expression.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
JavaScript 10.0 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "JS.EvaluateToString"; JSRef; JavaScript )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
JSRef The JavaScript reference number. $js
JavaScript A JavaScript expression. "1+2"

Result

Returns text or error.

Description

Evaluates a JavaScript expression.
This may include definition of functions and objects and using them.
Result is converted to string and returned.

Examples

Evaluate some text:

Set Variable [ $js ; Value: MBS( "JS.New" ) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "JS.EvaluateToString"; $js; "e = \"test\"; e + String.fromCharCode(33)") ]
Show Custom Dialog [ "Result" ; $r ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "JS.Release"; $JS ) ]

Defines and runs a function in JavaScript:

Let([
f = "
function makeCRCTable(){
        var c;
        var crcTable = [];
        for(var n =0; n < 256; n++){
                c = n;
                for(var k =0; k < 8; k++){
                        c = ((c&1) ? (0xEDB88320 ^ (c >>> 1)) : (c >>> 1));
                }
                crcTable[n] = c;
        }
        return crcTable;
}

function crc32(str) {
        var crcTable = crcTable || (crcTable = makeCRCTable());
        var crc = 0 ^ (-1);

        for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++ ) {
                crc = (crc >>> 8) ^ crcTable[(crc ^ str.charCodeAt(i)) & 0xFF];
        }

        return (crc ^ (-1)) >>> 0;
};

crc32(InputValue);";
j = MBS( "JS.New" );
r = MBS( "JS.SetGlobalPropertyValue"; j; "InputValue"; "Hello World" );
r = MBS( "JS.EvaluateToString"; j; f );
x = MBS( "JS.Release"; j )
];r)

See also

Example Databases

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Created 7th December 2019, last changed 8th July 2021


JS.Evaluate - JS.GetGlobalProperty

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