splitting an array with one element into an array with many elements

Question

I want to take this array containing one item (a STRING with a bunch of comma delimited items)

["Bucknell Venture Plan Competition, Mitch Blumenfeld, DreamIt Ventures, Deep Fork Capital, John Ason, Mitchell Blumenfeld, Gianni Martire"]

I want to turn it into this. An array containing each name as a seperate array item.

["Bucknell Venture Plan Competition", "Mitch Blumenfeld", "DreamIt Ventures", "Deep Fork Capital", "John Ason", "Mitchell Blumenfeld", "Gianni Martire"]

Thanks!

UPDATE:

Thanks for the help. That worked!

Accept the answer, do not update your post saying it worked. — epascarello
– epascarello, Commented May 11, 2012 at 16:17
sorry about that. when i updated it it sitll said 5 minutes til you can upvote. forgot to come back. marked now — Nic Meiring
– Nic Meiring, Commented May 11, 2012 at 18:18

Gabe · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-11 15:41:31Z

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Simple as:

var myArr = ["Bucknell Venture Plan Competition, Mitch Blumenfeld, DreamIt Ventures, Deep Fork Capital, John Ason, Mitchell Blumenfeld, Gianni Martire"];
var myNewArr = myArr[0].split(",");

answered May 11, 2012 at 15:41

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Gabe Over a year ago

Would the downvoter care to share the reason for down-voting, or was it out of spite? Clearly it's the correct answer.

Tower · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-11 15:42:50Z

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I think this should work:

var items = ["Bucknell Venture Plan Competition, Mitch Blumenfeld, DreamIt Ventures, Deep Fork Capital, John Ason, Mitchell Blumenfeld, Gianni Martire"];
var array = items[0].split(",");

answered May 11, 2012 at 15:42

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Tower Over a year ago

It's probably the "most voted up" gathers most views. After all, he answered just before I did :P

Gabe Over a year ago

Yea that is strange, actually no it's NOT. I answered 2 minutes earlier.

Gabe Over a year ago

@ppumpkin, where's your answer? You're not entitled to upvotes for answering a question, sorry.

SliverNinja Over a year ago

@ppumkin You should use your efforts to answer more questions instead of moaning.

Gabe Over a year ago

Everyone starts out with ZERO rep points, sorry that you're expecting it to be more of a socialist point system.

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