Delete elements from string + transform it into array

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I have this string : data = "[\"super\", \"cool!\", \"bien écrit\", \"first!\", \"why is everyone speaking French here?\"]"

I would like to transform it to be like : data = ["super", "cool!", "bien écrit", "first!", "why is everyone speaking French here?"]

Ursus · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-08 10:09:16Z

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Parse it like a JSON. Try

require 'json'
data = JSON.parse data

answered Aug 8, 2016 at 10:09

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Orsay Over a year ago

This is actually not Json. It's saved like that Comment.create!( content:["super", "cool!", "bien écrit", "first!", "why is everyone speaking French here?"] ); So when I want to display it it return me a string

Ursus Over a year ago

So? It's a valid JSON.

Lukas Baliak Over a year ago

@Orsay You show us string in data variable and this string is valid JSON like Ursus say.

Thomas Over a year ago

You may want to serialize the content attribute : apidock.com/rails/ActiveRecord/AttributeMethods/Serialization/…

Alok Swain · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-08 10:09:48Z

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The data looks like JSON. parse it using JSON.parse(data)

answered Aug 8, 2016 at 10:09

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Orsay Over a year ago

This is actually not Json. It's saved like that Comment.create!( content:["super", "cool!", "bien écrit", "first!", "why is everyone speaking French here?"] ); So when I want to display it it return me a string

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