Add single quotes in a string array javascript

Question

I been searching for the solution but can't find it...

I have the following array with the following output:

['Fruits, Cars, Clothes, Shoes']

But I need the that array to output the following:

['Fruits', 'Cars', 'Clothes', 'Shoes']

I already tried the following and it did not work:

var output= arr.map(item => "'" + item + "'").join();

Can you help please

So how did the string get into that format to start which is a string, not an array? Can you fix what produces that line? — epascarello, Jan 07 '22 at 16:53

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 07 '22 at 16:56

0

Just get the first (and unique) item of your array, then split it and trim every element:

const arr = ['Fruits, Cars, Clothes, Shoes'];

const newArr = arr[0].split(',').map(x => x.trim());

console.log(newArr);

answered Jan 07 '22 at 16:56

Guerric P

Note: This will only work if none of the items has a `,` in them: Something like `['foo, foo,bar, bar']` will give `[ 'foo', 'foo', 'bar', 'bar' ]` – 0stone0 Jan 07 '22 at 16:58
Yes obviously, I supposed the separator is `,` and not `, ` – Guerric P Jan 07 '22 at 16:59
Thank you! That worked – Popas Jan 07 '22 at 17:08

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