class String

Public Instance Methods

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# File lib/to_array.rb, line 2
def to_array
  if self[0] != "[" || self[-1] != "]"
    raise ArgumentError.new("invalid value for `str_to_array': '#{self}'")
  end

  begin
    arr = self.chomp.gsub(/"|^\[|\]$/, '')
    arr = arr.split(/,[\s]*/)
    return arr
  rescue
    raise ArgumentError.new("invalid value for `str_to_array': '#{self}'")
  end
end