title: convert an array like looking string into array in Javascript
body: <p>I want to convert array like looking string into array.</p>
  
  <p>for ex:</p>
  
  <p>from string</p>
  
  <pre><code> var str = "['Asian', 'Japanese', 'Vegetarian Friendly', 'Vegan Options', 'Gluten Free 
     Options']"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to array</p>
  
  <pre><code>['Asian', 'Japanese', 'Vegetarian Friendly', 'Vegan Options', 'Gluten Free Options']
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have tried this with regex</p>
  
  <pre><code>str.match(/'[a-z]*'/gi).map((elm)=&gt;{
      return elm.replace(/'/g,"")
      })
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but this is not considering the spaces in between or more than one word.</p>
  
  <p>Please let me know the efficient solution.</p>