Question

I have a small piece of code that needs to split a string into a javascript object.

The resulting object need to look something like this:

var myObject = {
valueOne: value,
valueTwo: value,
arrayOfValues: [values] 
}

The strings that need to be converted come in two different formats. Those formats look like:

1) "MyValues are ('1','2','3')"
–this would be translated into :

var myObject = {
valueOne: myValues,
valueTwo: are,
arrayOfValues: [1,2,3] 
}

or
2) "MyValue="1""
–this would be translated into :

var myObject = {
valueOne: myValue,
valueTwo: =,
arrayOfValues: [1] 
}

I know I can split this string like so:

var arr[] = myString.split(" ");

But deciding which splitter to use based on the makeup of the string, then converting it into a javascript object is a world unknown to me.

Thanks for your help.

EDIT — I made a small mistake with example number two

I updated it so that it’s correct. — The string I’m receiving is in the format of:

`"MyValue="1""`

samy-delux, thanks for your help! That works great, but the change to this second string breaks your example. (I’m sorry, I mistyped the format of the string.)

I’m doing my best to learn about regular expressions. But don’t know enough yet to solve this problem.

Answer 1

Here you go ( http://jsfiddle.net/VBmb8/ ):

function parse(str) {
    var match = str.match(/(\w+)\s?([\w=]+)\s?\('(.+)'\)/);

    return {
        valueOne: match[1],
        valueTwo: match[2],
        arrayOfValues: match[3].split("','")
    };
}

* After your edit *

http://jsfiddle.net/VBmb8/2/

function parse(str) {
    var match = str.match(/(\w+)\s?([\w=]+)\s?\(?['"](.+)['"]\)?/);

    return {
        valueOne: match[1],
        valueTwo: match[2],
        arrayOfValues: match[3].split("','")
    };
}