from-string
v1.1.7
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Simple string to javascript array/number/string parser
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from-string
Converting string data into its corresponding javascript types
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General info
from-string allows to change string representations of arrays, numbers, booleans into its corresponding values. I.e. having "2" it will result with 2 returned.
function: parse(stringValue)
var number2 = theModule.parse("2");
var number222 = theModule.parse("2.22");|Kind| Parameter | Type | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
|Argument| stringValue | string | Required. String data that will be converted to corresponding data type value |
|Returns| | object|array|string|number|boolean | Object or type representing given string value|
Mappings
|Sample Input| Result Type | Result |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
|"2"| number | 2 |
|"2.3"| number | 2.3 |
|".2"| number | 0.2 |
|"testing one two three"| string | "testing one two three" |
|undefined| undefined | undefined |
|null| undefined | undefined |
|"[1,2,3]"| array<number> | [1,2,3] |
|"["a","b","c"]"| array<string> | ["a","b","c"] |
|"false"| boolean | false |
|"true"| boolean | true |