turn string into an array?

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If I have this below as a string, how can I easily make that into an array?

"[[0.01,4.99,0.01],[5,14.95,0.05]]"

I want the same result as:

var x = [[0.01,4.99,0.01],[5,14.95,0.05]];

Prinzhorn · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-25 10:07:45Z

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var x = JSON.parse("[[0.01,4.99,0.01],[5,14.95,0.05]]");

Or the way jQuery does JSON parsing (better than eval):

var x = (new Function("return " + "[[0.01,4.99,0.01],[5,14.95,0.05]]"))();

To make this answer complete, you can use a polyfill for older browsers to support JSON.parse and JSON.stringify. I recommend json3, because Crockfords json2 is to crockfordy (insiders know what I mean).

edited Sep 25, 2012 at 10:07

answered Sep 25, 2012 at 9:51

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Andras Zoltan Over a year ago

Big up for the function version :)

Andras Zoltan · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-25 09:53:23Z

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var x = JSON.parse("[[0.01,4.99,0.01],[5,14.95,0.05]]");

For older browsers that don't have the built-in JSON object you might want to download Crockford's json2.js, which defines a JSON object with the same API if it's not already defined.

answered Sep 25, 2012 at 9:53

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kapa Over a year ago

+1 for mentioning json2.js. Related: stackoverflow.com/questions/891299/…

Salketer Over a year ago

As a side note, you might be tempted to use eval() instead of JSON.parse for browsers that do not have JSON defined, but do NOT. Use Corckford's js to make it work.

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