Format a quoted array string into an array

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I have data like:

"[{\"workstationName\":\"Test Workstation Id 123\"},{\"workstationName\":\"Alex's Workstation\"}]"

I want it to simply be:

[{"workstationName":"Test Workstation Id 123"},{"workstationName":"Alex's Workstation"}]

I should know this. I tried a.to_ary, but no good. Any straight-forward way to process this? Thanks.

possible duplicate of How do I parse JSON with Ruby on Rails? — New Alexandria
– New Alexandria, Commented Sep 10, 2013 at 19:02

Arup Rakshit · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-10 19:00:40Z

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How is this ?

require 'json'
require 'yaml'

JSON.parse("[{\"workstationName\":\"Test Workstation Id 123\"},{\"workstationName\":\"Alex's Workstation\"}]")
# => [{"workstationName"=>"Test Workstation Id 123"},
#     {"workstationName"=>"Alex's Workstation"}]

YAML.load("[{\"workstationName\":\"Test Workstation Id 123\"},{\"workstationName\":\"Alex's Workstation\"}]")
# => [{"workstationName"=>"Test Workstation Id 123"},
#     {"workstationName"=>"Alex's Workstation"}]

answered Sep 10, 2013 at 19:00

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New Alexandria · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-10 19:01:15Z

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JSON.parse is what you're looking for

answered Sep 10, 2013 at 19:01

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