Convert comma separated string to a JavaScript array

Question

I have this string:

"'California',51.2154,-95.2135464,'data'" 

I want to convert it into a JavaScript array like this:

var data = ['California',51.2154,-95.2135464,'data'];

How do I do this?

I don't have jQuery. And I don't want to use jQuery.

Answer 1

Try:

var initialString = "'California',51.2154,-95.2135464,'data'";
var dataArray = initialString .split(",");