How can I convert string to a array?

Question

I have the following array:

var mystr = "Name[Daniel],Name2[Alguien],Date[2009],Date[2014]";

How can I convert it to an array like this:

var array = ['Daniel','Alguien','2009',2014];

• Sterling Archer: Split it into an array by split("-") and then regex out the value with regex
• RobG: possible duplicate of Reference - What does this regex mean?
• RobG: Duplicate of Regex to get string between curly braces "{I want what's between the curly braces}"

Answer 1

You can do it this way:

var mystr = "Name[Daniel],Name2[Alguien],Date[2009],Date[2014]"; 
var array = mystr.match(/\[.+?\]/g).map(function(value){ // searches for values in []
 return value.replace(/[\[\]]/g,""); // removes []
});

• user3288852: Hi, thanks for your answer. Your first piece of code works perfectly. The new solution doesn´t seem to work, Fiddle: jsfiddle.net/wx4Lm

Answer 2

Try to use following code , as you can see the string is split by comma and then using regular expressions the necessary part has been pushed to new array

var mystr = "Name[Daniel],Name2[Alguien],Date[2009],Date[2014]";
var array = mystr.split(",");
re = /\[(.*)\]/;
var newArray = [];
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
 newArray.push(array[i].match(re)[1]);
}
newArray = ['Daniel', 'Alguien', '2009', 2014];