var r = { a:1, b: {b1:11, b2: 99}};

r.b.b2
r['b']['b2']

var s = "b.b2";

r.s or r[s] //(which of course won't work)

function getDescendantProp(obj, desc) {
    var arr = desc.split(".");
    while(arr.length && (obj = obj[arr.shift()]));
    return obj;
}

console.log(getDescendantProp(r, "b.b2"));
//-> 99

var r = { a:1, b: {b1:11, b2: 99}};
var s = "r.b.b2";
alert(eval(s)); // 99

var accessProperties = function(object, string){
   var explodedString = string.split('.');
   for (i = 0, l = explodedString.length; i<l; i++){
      object = object[explodedString[i]];
   }
   return object;
}
var r = { a:1, b: {b1:11, b2: 99}};

var s = "b.b2";
var o = accessProperties(r, s);
alert(o);//99

var s = "['b'].b2";
var num = eval('r'+s);

var ret = data; // Your object
    var childexpr = "b.b2"; // Your expression

    if (childexpr != '') {
        var childs = childexpr.split('.');
        var i;
        for (i = 0; i < childs.length && ret != undefined; i++) {
            ret = ret[childs[i]];
        }
    }

    return ret;

function getDescendantProp(obj, desc) {
    var arr = desc.split(".");

    //while (arr.length && (obj = obj[arr.shift()]));

    while (arr.length && obj) {
        var comp = arr.shift();
        var match = new RegExp("(.+)\[([0-9]*)\]").exec(comp);
        if ((match !== null) && (match.length == 3)) {
            var arrayData = { arrName: match[1], arrIndex: match[2] };
            if (obj[arrayData.arrName] != undefined) {
                obj = obj[arrayData.arrName][arrayData.arrIndex];
            } else {
                obj = undefined;
            }
        } else {
            obj = obj[comp]
        }
    }

    return obj;
}

var model = {
    "m1": {
        "Id": "22345",
        "People": [
            { "Name": "John", "Numbers": ["07263", "17236", "1223"] },
            { "Name": "Jenny", "Numbers": ["2", "3", "6"] },
            { "Name": "Bob", "Numbers": ["12", "3333", "4444"] }
         ]
    }
}

// Should give you "6"
var x = getDescendantProp(model, "m1.People[1].Numbers[2]");

var s = 'b.b2';

eval('r.' + s); // 99

function getSetDescendantProp(obj, desc, value) {
  var arr = desc ? desc.split(".") : [];

  while (arr.length && obj) {
    var comp = arr.shift();
    var match = new RegExp("(.+)\[([0-9]*)\]").exec(comp);

    // handle arrays
    if ((match !== null) && (match.length == 3)) {
      var arrayData = {
        arrName: match[1],
        arrIndex: match[2]
      };
      if (obj[arrayData.arrName] !== undefined) {
        if (value && arr.length === 0) {
          obj[arrayData.arrName][arrayData.arrIndex] = value;
        }
        obj = obj[arrayData.arrName][arrayData.arrIndex];
      } else {
        obj = undefined;
      }

      continue;
    }

    // handle regular things
    if (value) {
      if (obj[comp] === undefined) {
        obj[comp] = {};
      }

      if (arr.length === 0) {
        obj[comp] = value;
      }
    }

    obj = obj[comp];
  }

  return obj;
}

function getDescendantProp(desc, obj) {
    obj = obj || window;
    var arr = desc.split(".");
    while (arr.length && (obj = obj[arr.shift()]));
    return obj;
};

function GetDescendantProps(target, pathString) {
    var arr = pathString.split(".");
    while(arr.length && (target = target[arr.shift()])){
        if (arr.length && target.length && target.forEach) { // handle arrays
            var remainder = arr.join('.');
            var results = [];
            for (var i = 0; i < target.length; i++){
                var x = this.GetDescendantProps(target[i], remainder);
                if (x) results = results.concat(x);
            }
            return results;
        }
    }
    return (target) ? [target] : undefined; //single result, wrap in array for consistency
}

var t =
{a:
    {b: [
            {'c':'x'},
            {'not me':'y'},
            {'c':'z'}
        ]
    }
};

GetDescendantProps(t, "a.b.c") === ["x", "z"]; // true