//JavaScript can some please explain to me how this code equal 24

Question

var a="1";
var b="2*2";
console.log(eval(a+b));
Output
//24
Why
Please explain

Answer 1

George S Mulbah

If you add this line to your snippet above - console.log(a+b)
The output this would be 12*2 and this what the eval function see also.
And of course, the rest is math.