Convert string array representation back to an array

Question

I have a string representation of an array:

\'[\"item1\", \"item2\", \"item3\"]\'

I\'m trying to convert this back to an array.

Any

Answer 1

You also can Use

var genericList = eval('(' + s + ')');

for(i=0;i<genericList.lengthl;i++){
   alert("element : " + genericList[i]);
}

Answer 2

Just use JSON.parse('["item1", "item2", "item3"]');

Answer 3

Try JSON.parse:

 ary = JSON.parse(s);

Most browsers support it natively, for others you'll need json.js