How to pass an array into jQuery .data() attribute

Question

Ok so I want to pass a very basic array into a jquery data attrubute server side like so:

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Answer 1

A different approach is posted at jsfiddle; var stuff = $('div').data('stuff'); stuff is a string with 0th character as '['

Well, var stuff = eval($('div').data('stuff')); should get you an array