# @babel/plugin-transform-eval > This plugin allows Babel to compile eval calls with string literals. ## Example **In** ```javascript eval("(() => 'foo')"); ``` **Out** ```javascript eval("(function () { return 'foo'; })"); ``` ## Installation ```sh npm install --save-dev @babel/plugin-transform-eval ``` ## Usage ### Via `.babelrc` (Recommended) **.babelrc** ```json { "plugins": ["@babel/transform-eval"] } ``` ### Via CLI ```sh babel --plugins @babel/transform-eval script.js ``` ### Via Node API ```javascript require("@babel/core").transform("code", { plugins: ["@babel/transform-eval"] }); ```