need to understand eval in the code for ajax response
<p>The following code already exists in one of the javascript files i am working , may i know what does the following do</p>

<p>Its jquery ajax , i saw the response result and its a json string which is manually created by the backend.</p>

<p>I want to know what is eval doing here</p>

<pre><code>success: function (response) {
 var response= response.replace(/\\/g, "%5C");
 eval(response); 
 },
</code></pre>
