How do I put a javascript variable inside javascript array?

Question

I'm sure this is a simple question, but I couldn't find the answer.

I've included the code as well as my explanation.

var dates = "'2012-07-22','2012-07-26','2012-07-28'";

i have this JavaScript variable and i need to pass it the below filterDates array...something like this

filterDates = [dates]; 

or

filterDates = [document.write(dates)];
var filterDates = [];

I really don't know how to do it with JavaScript...for example we can do it in php like this

filterDates = [<?php echo $thatVariable; ?>];

How do I do this in JavaScript?

• nbrooks: var filterDates = ['2012年07月22日','2012年07月26日','2012年07月28日'] is perfectly acceptable too by the way (not sure if you created dates just for this purpose)
• sandeepKumar: actually i am getting dynamic dates with ajax get method..then passing the resposne data in a global javscript variable and now want to pass that variable in filterDates....

Answer 1

Use split

filterDates = dates.split(',')

That will give you the following array:

filterDates = ["'2012-07-22'","'2012-07-26'","'2012-07-28'"]

If you want them to be actual dates, rather than string representations of dates, you'll have to do some more processing, but I'm not sure that's what you're after at all?

filterDates.forEach(function(d, i) { 
 filterDates[i] = new Date(d.replace(/\'/g, ''));
});

• sandeepKumar: i am trying to filter dates to unvailableDates in jquery date-picker....thanks...it's not printing them into filterDates array...

Answer 2

var filterDates = dates.split(',');
$.each(filterDates,function(i,val){
 filterDates[i] = val.split("'")[1];
})