title: How can I parse Javascript variables using python?
body: <p>The problem: A website I am trying to gather data from uses Javascript to produce a graph. I'd like to be able to pull the data that is being used in the graph, but I am not sure where to start. For example, the data might be as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var line1=
  [["Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:00:00 +0000",22.4916114807,"2 sold"],
  ["Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:00:00 +0000",27.4950008392,"2 sold"],
  ["Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:00:00 +0000",19.5499992371,"1 sold"],
  ["Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:00 +0000",17.25,"1 sold"],
  ["Sun, 23 Jun 2013 01:00:00 +0000",15.5420341492,"2 sold"],
  ["Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:00:00 +0000",8.79045295715,"3 sold"],
  ["Fri, 28 Jun 2013 01:00:00 +0000",10,"1 sold"]];
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is pricing data (Date, Price, Volume). I've found another question here - <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13298201/parsing-variable-data-out-of-a-javascript-tag-using-python">Parsing variable data out of a js tag using python</a> - which suggests that I use JSON and BeautifulSoup, but I am unsure how to apply it to this particular problem because the formatting is slightly different. In fact, in this problem the code looks more like python than any type of JSON dictionary format.</p>
  
  <p>I suppose I could read it in as a string, and then use XPATH and some funky string editing to convert it, but this seems like too much work for something that is already formatted as a Javascript variable. </p>
  
  <p>So, what can I do here to pull this type of organized data from this variable while using python? (I am most familiar with python and BS4)</p>