JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/xrtzeu8p483shp0/fiddle.log.min.js"></script>

JavaScript

var data = "1 = 2\n2 = 4\n4 = 8";

var lines = data.split(/\r\n|\n|\r/),
    users = {};
for (var i = 0, segments; i < lines.length; i++) {
    segments = lines[i].split(/\s*=\s*/);
    users[segments[0]] = segments[1];
}

// Using a custom log function so we can see our results immediately in the HTML pane
// From: https://gist.github.com/onecrayon/8cb83d129e971b6bfec9
fiddle.log("users:", users);