Parsing comma separated list

by Rowan Hamilton

HTML

<div id="normal"></div>
<br>
<div id="output"></div>
<br>
<div id="parsePos"></div>

JavaScript

var data = 'Hello this, is some, comma, seperated list.';
var d = data.toString('utf8');
var split_data = d.split(',').toString();
var xt_array = split_data.split(',');
var xt_array_json = JSON.stringify(xt_array);
document.getElementById('normal').innerHTML = 'Normal: '+ split_data;
document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = 'JSON: '+ xt_array_json;

// Parse position:
var dataObj = {};
dataObj.first = xt_array[0];
document.getElementById('parsePos').innerHTML = 'POS 0: '+ dataObj.first;