How to convert a string to an javascript array

Question

I am trying to make a string which looks like luis,philip .It having comma in between them but i have to make an array with it.I am trying with json.Parse but it is not working i am posting my code

var names = 'luis,philip' ;
var nameArray = JSON.parse("[" + names +"]");

but it showing error in json parsing ,please somebody help

Answer 1

Just use the split method:

var names = 'luis,philip';
var namesArray = name.split(',');

Answer 2

Use split to split the string and get the array.

var names = 'luis,philip';
var arr = names.split(','); // ['luis', 'philip']