4 ways to convert a string to an array in Javascript

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Object.values(str);

Not all of the ways give the same results, depending on the input string.

I started writing this as a comment, but it turned into an article instead. Enjoy! 🙃

Gotchas when converting strings to arrays in JS

lionel-rowe ・ Aug 18 ・ 3 min read

#javascript #unicode

Woa ... Object.assign([],str); ... wouldn't ever have fathomed that something like that would work, in this way! (I wasn't even aware that Object.assign to an array would do anything that makes sense)

Hello Maria Antonella 🦋,

thanks for your article.
It's very brief but very revealing :D.
"So simple! But they are those things that I google every day because I never remember." I can empathize with that too😅.

here.

const range = '[2,3]';

const [min, max] = JSON.parse(range);

// prints 2 3
console.log(min,max);

plus one useless trick:

[].map.call("foo", c => c); // ["f", "o", "o"]

it's not only emojis, but also many languages like chinese, japanese,... languages don't use alphabet, maybe cause errors.

What is object ? In the 4th type

Useful, Thank You ✌

string.split() and array.join() are easy to remember and usefull too