join array enclosing each value with quotes javascript

Question

How can join an array into a string and at the same time enclosing each value into this

'1/2/12','15/5/12'

for (var i in array) {     dateArray.push(array[i].date); } dateString=dateArray.join(''); console.log(dateString); 

Answer 1

If your dates are already strings, you can do the following

var dates = ['1/2/12','15/5/12'];  console.log("'" + dates.join("','") + "'"); 

However, a cooler and more foolproof way (for the case with no dates) way would be Array.prototype.map

// Array.prototype.map returns a new array by  // mapping each element in the existing array dates.map(function(date){     // Wrap each element of the dates array with quotes     return "'" + date + "'"; }).join(","); // Putsa comma in between every element 

Or in es6 lingo

dates.map(date => `'${date}'`).join(','); 

http://jsfiddle.net/yMvVh/