Generate array from comma-separated value string

Question

I have a string that is sent to my JavaScript via PHP that looks like this:

var string = "[ 'string 1','string 2 ','string 3' ]"

I want to split this string and get rid of the symbols [, ] and ' to produce the array

var array = {
    string 1, 
    string 2,
    string 3,
}

My current method uses a bunch of replaces, splits and loops. It seems very inefficient, and I want a better/more efficient method.

Answer 1

It sounds like you're trying to parse a JSON string.

Use a JSON parser:

var array = JSON.parse(str);

For older browsers, you should include a JSON parser. (Newer browsers have it built-in)