How to split a delimited string in Ruby and convert it to an array?

Question

I have a string

\"1,2,3,4\"

and I\'d like to convert it into an array:

[1,2,3,4]

How?

Answer 1

For String Integer without space as String

arr = "12345"

arr.split('')

output: ["1","2","3","4","5"]

For String Integer with space as String

arr = "1 2 3 4 5"

arr.split(' ')

output: ["1","2","3","4","5"]

For String Integer without space as Integer

arr = "12345"

arr.split('').map(&:to_i)

output: [1,2,3,4,5]

For String

arr = "abc"

arr.split('')

output: ["a","b","c"]

Explanation:

1. arr -> string which you're going to perform any action.
2. split() -> is an method, which split the input and store it as array.
3. '' or ' ' or ',' -> is an value, which is needed to be removed from given string.