How can I convert a string to a JavaScript array?
Look at the code:
var string = "0,1";
var array = [string];
alert(array[0]);
In this case alert shows 0,1. If it where an array, it would show 0. And if alert(array[1]) is called, it should pop-up 1
Is there any chance to convert such string into a JavaScript array?
For simple array members like that, you can use JSON.parse.
var array = JSON.parse("[" + string + "]");
This gives you an Array of numbers.
[0, 1]
If you use .split(), you'll end up with an Array of strings.
["0", "1"]
Just be aware that JSON.parse will limit you to the supported data types. If you need values like undefined or functions, you'd need to use eval(), or a JavaScript parser.
If you want to use .split(), but you also want an Array of Numbers, you could use Array.prototype.map, though you'd need to shim it for IE8 and lower or just write a traditional loop.
var array = string.split(",").map(Number);
JSON.parse(); is not available in IE6, IE7. I think in this case the String.split(','); is easier.
var array = (new Function("return [" + string + "];"))(). Using .split() is alright if Numbers aren't needed, otherwise you'd need to map the result.
eval). If the array contains values from client side input this will be insecure.
eval is always a security concernThis is easily achieved in ES6;
You can convert strings to Arrays with Array.from('string');
Array.from("01")
will console.log
['0', '1']
Which is exactly what you're looking for.
JSON.parse to Array.from as am using ES6. Thank you Ray Kim
Array.from("0, 1, 233") will return ["0", ",", " ", "1", ",", " ", "2", "3", "3"], what if I want [0, 1, 233] ?
If the string is already in list format, you can use the JSON.parse:
var a = "['a', 'b', 'c']";
a = a.replace(/'/g, '"');
a = JSON.parse(a);
var array = (new Function("return [" + str+ "];")());
var string = "0,1";
var objectstring = '{Name:"Tshirt", CatGroupName:"Clothes", Gender:"male-female"}, {Name:"Dress", CatGroupName:"Clothes", Gender:"female"}, {Name:"Belt", CatGroupName:"Leather", Gender:"child"}';
var stringArray = (new Function("return [" + string+ "];")());
var objectStringArray = (new Function("return [" + objectstring+ "];")());
JSFiddle https://jsfiddle.net/7ne9L4Lj/1/
- JSON.parse("[" + string + "]"); // throw error
- string.split(",")
// unexpected result
["{Name:"Tshirt"", " CatGroupName:"Clothes"", " Gender:"male-female"}", " {Name:"Dress"", " CatGroupName:"Clothes"", " Gender:"female"}", " {Name:"Belt"", " CatGroupName:"Leather"", " Gender:"child"}"]
For simple array members like that, you can use JSON.parse.
var listValues = "[{\"ComplianceTaskID\":75305,\"RequirementTypeID\":4,\"MissedRequirement\":\"Initial Photo Upload NRP\",\"TimeOverdueInMinutes\":null}]";
var array = JSON.parse("[" + listValues + "]");
This gives you an Array of numbers.
now you variable value is like array.length=1
Value output
array[0].ComplianceTaskID
array[0].RequirementTypeID
array[0].MissedRequirement
array[0].TimeOverdueInMinutes
Another option using the ES6 is using Spread syntax.
var convertedArray = [..."01234"];
var stringToConvert = "012";
var convertedArray = [...stringToConvert];
console.log(convertedArray);
use the built-in map function with an anonymous function, like so:
string.split(',').map(function(n) {return Number(n);});
[edit] here's how you would use it
var string = "0,1";
var array = string.split(',').map(function(n) {
return Number(n);
});
alert( array[0] );
string.split(',').map(Number)More "Try it Yourself" examples below.
Definition and Usage The split() method is used to split a string into an array of substrings, and returns the new array.
Tip: If an empty string ("") is used as the separator, the string is split between each character.
Note: The split() method does not change the original string.
var res = str.split(",");
I remove the characters '[',']' and do an split with ','
let array = stringObject.replace('[','').replace(']','').split(",").map(String);
You can use javascript Spread Syntax to convert string to an array. In the solution below, I remove the comma then convert the string to an array.
var string = "0,1"
var array = [...string.replace(',', '')]
console.log(array[0])
Split (",") can convert Strings with commas into a String array, here is my code snippet.
var input ='Hybrid App, Phone-Gap, Apache Cordova, HTML5, JavaScript, BootStrap, JQuery, CSS3, Android Wear API'
var output = input.split(",");
console.log(output);
["Hybrid App", " Phone-Gap", " Apache Cordova", " HTML5", " JavaScript", " BootStrap", " JQuery", " CSS3", " Android Wear API"]
var i = "[{a:1,b:2}]",
j = i.replace(/([a-zA-Z0-9]+?):/g, '"$1":').replace(/'/g,'"'),
k = JSON.parse(j);
console.log(k)// => declaring regular expression
[a-zA-Z0-9] => match all a-z, A-Z, 0-9
(): => group all matched elements
$1 => replacement string refers to the first match group in the regex.
g => global flag
As more powerful alternative to split, you can use match
"0,1".match(/[^,]+/g)
let a = "0,1".match(/[^,]+/g)
console.log(a);
let a = "a,b".match(/\d+/g) => undefined . This solution fails if one uses words, one would have to adjust the regex I guessExample using Array.filter:
var str = 'a,b,hi,ma,n,yu';
var strArr = Array.prototype.filter.call(str, eachChar => eachChar !== ',');
Why don't you do replace , comma and split('') the string like this which will result into ['0', '1'], furthermore, you could wrap the result into parseInt() to transform element into integer type.
it('convert string to array', function () {
expect('0,1'.replace(',', '').split('')).toEqual(['0','1'])
});
string[0] === '0'in your question), in most cases you can treat a string as an array of chars and use array methods on it.