Javascript Convert String to Object(list/array)

Question

Problem 1: Can this be achieved in javascript?

value = "['iPhone', 'iBall']" 

to

value = ['iPhone', 'iBall']

Problem 2: To make it harder, The values are encoded:

value = "['iPhone', 'iball']"

Answer 1

Does this help?

 var value = "['iPhone', 'iBall']"; value = JSON.parse(value.replaceAll(`'`, `"`)); console.log(value); value = "['iPhone', 'iball']"; value = JSON.parse(value.replaceAll(`'`, `"`)); console.log(value); console.log(typeof(value));