Extract string with javascript

Question

need to extract the string from this ["IBM"], have to get IBM, I have tried like this

(/['"]/g,'') way.
var extractor=(/['"]/g,'');
       var newArr = extractor.exec(NAME);

               alert(newArr);

SLaks · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-08 17:03:24Z

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You should parse that as JSON:

var array = JSON.parse(input);
alert(array[0]);

answered Jul 8, 2013 at 17:03

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Anand Shah · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-08 17:08:52Z

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This should get you an array of all the matches

var matches = mystring.match(/\[\"(.*?)\"\]/g);

answered Jul 8, 2013 at 17:08

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user · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-08 17:06:10Z

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Try this :

//variable contains ["IBM"]
variable = variable.substr(2,3);

This will work only if the text between the [""] length is 3

answered Jul 8, 2013 at 17:06

user

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Lol, i admit it's a little bit lazy :)