Convert string array to array object [duplicate]

Question

I want to import my CSV file to my database, my CSV file has following string and I need to parse it to a Ruby array object, how to do that?

"[\"Mt Roskill\", \"Sylvia Park\"]"

spickermann · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-10 11:06:34Z

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That example string looks like JSON. Use JSON.parse to return a Ruby array:

require 'json'

JSON.parse("[\"Mt Roskill\", \"Sylvia Park\"]")
#=> ["Mt Roskill", "Sylvia Park"]

answered May 10, 2015 at 11:06

spickermann

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