Json string to list javascript

Question

Hey how can I convert json string into a list ?

[[1, 'group1', '#5bc6e1'], [2, 'group2', '#8ec936']]

I tried to use .split but it splited it wrong I JSON.parse dont work because it has ' and not "

Answer 1

You can replace all single quotes with double quotes (with String.replaceAll), then parse with JSON.parse:

const str = "[[1, 'group1', '#5bc6e1'], [2, 'group2', '#8ec936']]";
const result = JSON.parse(str.replaceAll("'", '"'));

console.log(result)