There is array (in JavaScript) of items written in the following way:
var arr = [
[1, 2, 'abc', 3, 'cab'],
[3, 4, 'def', 5, 'ghi'],
];
There is a string variable that contains string representation of next item:
var s = "[6, 7, 'new', 8, 'something']";
How can I convert string into a new "item" that can be pushed into 'arr' array?
You're looking for $.parseJSON.
You can either eval the string if it's safe (not user input):
arr.push(eval(s));
Or, strip the first and last characters of the string, and then split it by the comma (provided there are no commas within the array values themselves):
arr.push(s.substring(1, s.length - 1).split(","));
.eval() would work. The .split() method sort of works, but wouldn't give the actual values that I'm guessing OP wants. They'll all be Strings, some with extra spaces, some with single quotes inside. ["6"," 7"," 'new'"," 8"," 'something'"]
