question about eval

[yawnmoth]

<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?

 

[Krukow]

<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?