Is there a way to convert a string containing a table or array to a table or array?

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#1

I’m trying to convert something like this “{‘Thing1’,‘Thing2’}” to this {‘Thing1’,‘Thing2’}. However, I cannot find any resources on it that function. There is one, but it uses Load(), a function that roblox doesn’t have.

 local function eval(s)
	return assert(load(s))()
end

local function str2obj(s)
	return eval("return " .. s)
end

print(str2obj('{["test"]=""}'))
#2

I made a simple function that converts String to Table:

local function StringToTable(String)
	String = string.gsub(String, "{", "")
	String = string.gsub(String, "}", "")
	
	local Split = string.split(String, ", ")
	local Table = {}
	
	for _, Value in pairs(Split) do
		if string.sub(Value, 1, 1) == "[" then
			local Index = string.sub(Value, 2, string.find(Value, "]") - 1)
			local _Value = string.sub(Value, string.find(Value,  "=") + 2, #Value)
			
			Table[Index] = _Value
		else
			table.insert(Table, Value)
		end
	end
	
	return Table
end

for i, v in pairs(StringToTable("{['uhh'] = 'idk', [2] = 3}")) do
	print(i, v)
end

Make sure to add spaces after a “,” and before and after a "="

#3

Why do you need this? You could use this depending on what the purpose is exactly. JSON Format