I have such string: [["9.00"],[ ],[ ],[ ],[ ]], ho...

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[Sandm]

I have such string: [["9.00"],[],[],[],[]], how do I turn it into list or array?

[kartikpatodi]

isn't the quotation marks inside a string needed to be skiped?

[kartikpatodi]

and does the empty brackets means `null`s ??

[Sandm]

yes empty brackets must be nulls

[kartikpatodi]

and you need an array/list of Strings I suppose?

[Sandm]

yeah

[Sandm]

I have lots of strings like [["9.00"], ["11.00"], ["12.00"], ["9.00"], ["11.12", "14.14", "17.00"]] which must be turned either into list of lists or array of arrays, yet I don't have any idea how can this be done

[bj0]

using regex is probably the easiest

[voddan]

or a json parser

[kartikpatodi]

try kotlinx.serialization json library

[arthur]

Off the top of my head (I've not tried compiling this): myString.split(",").map(if (it.contains("\")) {it.subStringAfter("\"").subStringBefore("\"")} else null)

[kartikpatodi]

@Sandm for example [[1], [2], [3], ["11.12", "14.14", "17.00"]] so I assume your list may contain lists like
{ 1, 2, 3, {11.2, 14.14, 17} }