How do I simply convert string?

Question

How do I convert a string var a = "123456"; in to an array z = [1,2,3,4,5,6];? I tried everything and nothing seems to work. Thanks!

Answer 1

Using split('') with Number works using JavaScript-C:

'123456789'.split('').map(Number)
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Answer 2

var z = "123456".split();

See javascript docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/split

Answer 3

Just use String.prototype.split and for casting to number the Number object with Array.prototype.map.

var array = '123456'.split('').map(Number);

document.write('<pre>' + JSON.stringify(array, 0, 4) + '</pre>');