将JSON（作为字符串）转换为多维数组

Question

I'm trying to take a hideous JSON string - it shows up in the console like this:

"[[\"a\",1],[\"b\",2],[\"c\",3],[\"d\",4]]"

... and turn it into a multidimensional array for use in Flot.js.

Flot.js will take in input like this just fine:

var data = [["January", 10], ["February", 8], ["March", 4], ["April", 13], ["May", 17], ["June", 9]];

But not my code ...

var data = "[[\"a\",1],[\"b\",2],[\"c\",3],[\"d\",4]]";
var parsedData = JSON.parse(data);

... nor this ...

var data = [\"a\",1],[\"b\",2],[\"c\",3],[\"d\",4];
var parsedData = JSON.parse(data);

... etc. What approach should I be taking?

Answer 1

Looks like I found the solution for this particular case. Starting with the data object:

var s = jQuery.parseJSON(data);
var t = "[" + s + "]";
var u = jQuery.parseJSON(t);

the u object becomes acceptable input for Flot.js. Although I'm not entirely sure if this is the best approach, or why this worked.