How to convert a string to an array in javascript?

Question

I have an input on a form which stores values as an object.

jQuery('#inputId').val()

returns something like

'[{"Id":"123","Name":"A","PathOfTerm":"A","Children":[],"Level":0,"RawTerm":null},{"Id":"234","Name":"B","PathOfTerm":"B","Children":[],"Level":0,"RawTerm":null}]'

as one single string. Is there any way to either prevent this from automatically converting to a string (maybe not using .val?) or to convert this from a string to something I could work with?

Looks like it's returning JSON. Lucky for you most browsers have the function JSON.parse to convert it to an object — George
– George, Commented May 16, 2017 at 13:04
Possible duplicate of Convert JSON string to array of JSON objects in Javascript — jeffdill2
– jeffdill2, Commented May 16, 2017 at 13:06

schaffioverflow · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-16 13:04:15Z

5

Here you go

var array = JSON.parse(jQuery('#inputId').val());

answered May 16, 2017 at 13:04

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