How can this javascript object value that is a string be converted into an array, removing the outer quotes, leaving just the brackets? The attempt of using obj["text-font"] = obj["text-font"].split('"').join(""); was not successful.
Current
text-font: "['Open Sans Regular', 'Arial Unicode MS Regular']"
Intended
text-font: ['Open Sans Regular', 'Arial Unicode MS Regular']
If you know there are no other quotes in the strings other than the ones that delimit the font names, you can convert them to double quotes and then use JSON.parse() to convert it to an array.
obj['text-font'] = JSON.parse(obj['text-font'].replace(/'/g, '"'));
You can replace the single quotes with double ones and then use JSON.parse() to convert it into an actual Array of Strings.
obj["text-font"] = JSON.parse(obj["text-font"].replaceAll("'",'"'))
Have a look here for more information: MDN Web Docs: JSON.parse()
perhaps use eval() ** though be aware of the security concerns, see below
let obj = {
"text-font": "['Open Sans Regular', 'Arial Unicode MS Regular']"
}
console.log(eval(obj['text-font']))
// to fix the object
obj['text-font'] = eval(obj['text-font']);
console.log(obj)eval() has security risks and malicious users can use the in-browser debugger to execute their own javascript through XSS attacks - the general advice is not to use it recklessly.
JSON.parse(str)split('"')? There are no"characters in the string.