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codeandcloud
codeandcloud

Reputation: 55210

converting an ajax returned string to an array of arrays

I have an AJAX call which returns a string which ideally should be an array of arrays

var jsonString = "[['name1', 30, 20], ['name2', 10, 100], ['name3', 140, 130]]";

This is what I get returned. I would like to convert it to an array of arrays

var jsonArray = [['name1', 30, 20], ['name2', 10, 100], ['name3', 140, 130]];

Obviously string.split(",") wont work and gives me an array with 9 elements.

How do I parse this?

My fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/codovations/hgLJh/

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1494

Answers (3)

KooiInc
KooiInc

Reputation: 122906

With this string you could use: JSON.parse(jsonString.replace(/'/g,'"')).

Upvotes: 1

cojack
cojack

Reputation: 2610

naveen I checked your string and if you are sure your string have ' instead of " in array elements, you can replace them with " and then you can just parse them as json:

JSON.parse('[["name1", 30, 20], ["name2", 10, 100], ["name3", 140, 130]]');

returns array of arrays.

Regards.

Upvotes: 2

Anthony Grist
Anthony Grist

Reputation: 38345

Use the JSON.parse() function:

var jsonArray = JSON.parse(jsonString);

Though note that this will only work if the string you're passing to it is valid JSON. What you've provided isn't - JSON strings are wrapped in double-quotes, not single.

Upvotes: 1

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