How can I convert string to a array?

Question

I have the following array:

var mystr = "Name[Daniel],Name2[Alguien],Date[2009],Date[2014]";

How can I convert it to an array like this:

var array = ['Daniel','Alguien','2009',2014];

Split it into an array by `split("-")` and then regex out the value with regex — Sterling Archer, May 04 '14 at 06:30
possible duplicate of [Reference - What does this regex mean?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22937618/reference-what-does-this-regex-mean) — RobG, May 04 '14 at 07:09
Duplicate of [*Regex to get string between curly braces “{I want what's between the curly braces}”*](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/413071/regex-to-get-string-between-curly-braces-i-want-whats-between-the-curly-brace) — RobG, May 04 '14 at 07:11

Amit Joki · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-05T02:37:42.493

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You can do it this way:

var mystr = "Name[Daniel],Name2[Alguien],Date[2009],Date[2014]"; 
var array = mystr.match(/\[.+?\]/g).map(function(value){  // searches for values in []
    return value.replace(/[\[\]]/g,""); // removes []
});

edited May 05 '14 at 02:37

answered May 04 '14 at 06:31

Amit Joki

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Hi, thanks for your answer. Your first piece of code works perfectly. The new solution doesn´t seem to work, **Fiddle:** http://jsfiddle.net/wx4Lm/ – user3288852 May 04 '14 at 17:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 04 '14 at 07:00

Try to use following code , as you can see the string is split by comma and then using regular expressions the necessary part has been pushed to new array

var mystr = "Name[Daniel],Name2[Alguien],Date[2009],Date[2014]";
var array = mystr.split(",");
re = /\[(.*)\]/;
var newArray = [];

for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
    newArray.push(array[i].match(re)[1]);
}

newArray = ['Daniel', 'Alguien', '2009', 2014];

How can I convert string to a array?

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