splitting an array with one element into an array with many elements

Question

I want to take this array containing one item (a STRING with a bunch of comma delimited items)

["Bucknell Venture Plan Competition, Mitch Blumenfeld, DreamIt Ventures, Deep Fork Capital, John Ason, Mitchell Blumenfeld, Gianni Martire"]

I want to turn it into this. An array containing each name as a seperate array item.

["Bucknell Venture Plan Competition", "Mitch Blumenfeld", "DreamIt Ventures", "Deep Fork Capital", "John Ason", "Mitchell Blumenfeld", "Gianni Martire"]

Thanks!

UPDATE:

Thanks for the help. That worked!

possible duplicate of [how to split a string in javascript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1493407/how-to-split-a-string-in-javascript) — Felix Kling, May 11 '12 at 15:57
Better duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/96428/how-do-i-split-this-string-with-javascript — Felix Kling, May 11 '12 at 16:00
Accept the answer, do not update your post saying it worked. — epascarello, May 11 '12 at 16:17
sorry about that. when i updated it it sitll said 5 minutes til you can upvote. forgot to come back. marked now — Nic Meiring, May 11 '12 at 18:18

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered May 11 '12 at 15:41

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Simple as:

var myArr = ["Bucknell Venture Plan Competition, Mitch Blumenfeld, DreamIt Ventures, Deep Fork Capital, John Ason, Mitchell Blumenfeld, Gianni Martire"];
var myNewArr = myArr[0].split(",");

answered May 11 '12 at 15:41

Gabe

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Would the downvoter care to share the reason for down-voting, or was it out of spite? Clearly it's the correct answer. – Gabe May 11 '12 at 16:33

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered May 11 '12 at 15:42

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I think this should work:

var items = ["Bucknell Venture Plan Competition, Mitch Blumenfeld, DreamIt Ventures, Deep Fork Capital, John Ason, Mitchell Blumenfeld, Gianni Martire"];
var array = items[0].split(",");

answered May 11 '12 at 15:42

Tower

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it strange how the same answer but you get less upvotes as mr 10k...almost like hes getting followed by ppl and getting voted regardless – Piotr Kula May 11 '12 at 15:52
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It's probably the "most voted up" gathers most views. After all, he answered just before I did :P – Tower May 11 '12 at 15:52
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Yea that is strange, actually no it's NOT. I answered 2 minutes earlier. – Gabe May 11 '12 at 15:53
so.. same answer. both deserve the same upvotes. bot of you did the same amount of work and effor within the same time.. – Piotr Kula May 11 '12 at 15:54
oh -- and 9 upvotes within 10minutes of aksing a question.. are you having a laugh? – Piotr Kula May 11 '12 at 15:55
yea yea... it would not seem so conspicuous if the OP had received the same amount of upvotes for asking such a complicated questions..which you answered within a minute then got 9 up votes and nobody else. lol – Piotr Kula May 11 '12 at 15:57
omg stop the auto upvote bots already.. everything you say on this page gets upvoted.. booo – Piotr Kula May 11 '12 at 15:59
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@ppumpkin, where's your answer? You're not entitled to upvotes for answering a question, sorry. – Gabe May 11 '12 at 16:00
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@ppumkin You should use your efforts to answer more questions instead of moaning. – SliverNinja - MSFT May 11 '12 at 16:19
Look mate. I answered a bunch of question on this forum.. and it always turns out mr 10K(not him but others like whou have 50k) will get 25 upvotes for a 3 line answer wihtin 5 minutes. Where i actaully try hard to give an answer and get downvoted because i said 1 wrong word. I pledge to up vote everybody around Mr 10K's because they are greedy and dont upvote fellow question answererers – Piotr Kula May 11 '12 at 16:24
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Everyone starts out with ZERO rep points, sorry that you're expecting it to be more of a socialist point system. – Gabe May 11 '12 at 16:32

splitting an array with one element into an array with many elements

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