title: Generate array from comma-separated value string
body: <p>I have a string that is sent to my JavaScript via PHP that looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var string = "[ 'string 1','string 2 ','string 3' ]"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to split this string and get rid of the symbols <code>[</code>, <code>]</code> and <code>'</code> to produce the array</p>
  
  <pre><code>var array = {
      string 1, 
      string 2,
      string 3,
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My current method uses a bunch of replaces, splits and loops. It seems very inefficient, and I want a better/more efficient method.</p>