Eval() = Unexpected token : error

Question

I tried this simple JavaScript code:

eval(\'{\"Topics\":[\"toto\",\"tata\",\"titi\"]}\')

In the Chrome console, for example, this returns

Answer 1

Number one: Do not use eval.

Number two. Only use eval to make something, well be evaluated. Like for example:

eval('var topics = {"Topics":["toto","tata","titi"]}');