JS Change string format

Question

I have a string in the following format :

One,Two,Three,Four

and I want to change its format to "One","Two","Three","Four"

I tried the following :

var items = ['One,Two,Three,Four']; var quotedAndCommaSeparated = '"' + items + '"'; document.write(quotedAndCommaSeparated);

which adds the double quotes at the beginning and at the end of the string. I don't want to use replace because there might be values that have a comma.

Is there a way to split the initial string and return the wanted one?

Why do you want to wrap them with quotes? What problem are you trying to solve? — Jordan Running
– Jordan Running, Commented Apr 4, 2017 at 16:40
there might be values that have a comma how do you determine wether a comma seperates two values or is part of one of them? — Thomas
– Thomas, Commented Apr 4, 2017 at 17:48

Golak Sarangi · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-04 16:48:12Z

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Try this

items[0].replace(/^|$/g, '"').replace(/,/g,'","')

answered Apr 4, 2017 at 16:48

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Chip Dean · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-04 16:37:14Z

This should give you what you want. Split on the commas and then rejoin using the delimiter you are looking for.

var quotedAndCommaSeparated = '"'+items[0].split(',').join('","')+'"'

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