Convert String to nested array of characters

Question

I have a string passed to me like

var str = "['♫', ['►', 'Play']]";

Multiple entries can be there

Need to convert it to Array.

How can It be done?

PS: No eval() please. and also no Jquery

Note: I have tried JSON.parse, but it didn't work for me. It gives following error:

Unexpected token ' in JSON at position 1

Please explain more. Also SO is not get code for free site, so please share your effort — Rajesh, Oct 21 '16 at 07:03
@Rajesh he can't share his effort, since he doesn't know where to start. — , Oct 21 '16 at 07:09
@Rajesh What more info do you need? Could you please explain. I guess Question is self explanatory and I tried JSON.parse() and multiple other things which didn't work.. — Sukrit Gupta, Oct 21 '16 at 07:10
Replace the single quotes with double quotes, then use `JSON.parse`. More basically, fix your server to return proper JSON (with double-quoted strings). — , Oct 21 '16 at 07:10
@torazaburo as mentioned by OP, he has tried `JSON,parse` but it didn't work. If he would have mentioned such cases, he would have not received these downvotes. — Rajesh, Oct 21 '16 at 07:12
@Geeky can't use split as it will split the internal arrays also.. — Sukrit Gupta, Oct 21 '16 at 07:12

score 2 · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-21T07:22:18.873

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JSON.parse(str.replace(/'/g, '"'))

In other words, fix the quotes so that it is valid JSON, then you will be able to use JSON.parse.

edited Oct 21 '16 at 07:22

answered Oct 21 '16 at 07:12

A useful reference: [JSON parse - single quote inside name](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8012721/json-parse-single-quote-inside-name) – Rajesh Oct 21 '16 at 07:14

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