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I have this large list of numbers: http://www.codeshare.io/MGpQ4, that I would like to convert into a JavaScript array format, so that I can check if a certain number in a function matches one of the numbers in that repsective array. Is there any tool I can use to convert all these numbers into a JS array format?

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    How do receive these in the code? Commented Oct 2, 2014 at 20:57
  • @tymeJV This would be a predetermined array in the code, and only one number would be received, that one number would be compared to this large array to see if there are any matches. If I understand you correctly. Commented Oct 2, 2014 at 21:02
  • @tymeJV was asking how the list of numbers was stored? Is is a string? An element on a webpage? Commented Oct 2, 2014 at 21:10
  • @BrettDeWoody I copy pasted it from an excel spreadsheet, it was a long column of numbers. Commented Oct 2, 2014 at 21:12
  • Just use regex in any IDE, to replace \n with coma or something like this, this will help Commented Oct 2, 2014 at 21:15

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try to split this list. You need to add something like coma or space at the end of your lines.

string.split(/* your delimetter */);

string here is your list in vaid JS format.

If you show real code, i could answer better.

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Simply encapsulating the list of numbers within a single set of quotes and escaping new lines with \ is impossible in javascript - it does not allow for multi-line string declarations.
well, my Chrome interpretate it like a string without any spaces between lines, so not helpfull anyway
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There are many ways to do this, but basically the idea is to replace line breaks by ,. Any IDE that supports regex replacement will allow you to do this easily. You can also use virtually any programming language and use the same approach.

Here's your array literal:

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It seems that you plan to use your array to check the existence of some values. In this case, you might be better off with an object map which will perform O(1) lookups.

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Like plalx said, any IDE with regex replacement can do it.

As an alternative, you can chech http://www.regexr.com/

And use something like /([0-9]+)/g for matching those numbers and then use a substitution like $1,

Then just add your [].

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In your Excel spreadsheet, create a cell with a function that pulls all the numbers in the list into a javascript array format. Something like:

=CONCATENATE("[", TRANSPOSE(A1:A700 & ”, “) ,"]")

Something like that should create a new cell with all your list values in a single, comma delimited string, enclosed by [].

Copy the entire string and place it in your javascript file as a variable.

var list = [value1, value2, value3, ...];

Then you can do whatever you want with it.

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