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Elegant way to convert string of Array of Arrays into a Javascript array of arrays?

rated 0 times [ 174] [ 3] / answers: 1 / hits: 18240 / 11 Years ago, thu, october 17, 2013, 12:00:00

I have an ajax request that returns a list of values like this:

[-5, 5, 5], [-6, 15, 15], [7, 13, 12]

I need it to be a javascript array with numbers:

[[-5, 5, 5], [-6, 15, 15], [7, 13, 12]]

I tried to replace the '[' and ']' for a '|' and then split by '|' and foreach item split by ',' and add them to an array, but this is not elegant at all.

Do you guys have any suggestions?

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answered 11 Years ago kenyamelinad · Accepted Answer

You can use JSON.parse() to convert that string into an array, as long as you wrap it in some brackets manually first:

var value = [-5, 5, 5], [-6, 15, 15], [7, 13, 12];

var json = JSON.parse([ + value + ]);



console.log(json);

I would suggest correcting the output at the server if possible, though.