BJ_web_developers / cityOperationCenter

  'use strict';
  
  function parseString(str) {
    try {
      if (str[0] === '"') {
        return JSON.parse(str);
      }
  
      if (str[0] === "'" && str.substr(str.length - 1) === "'") {
        return parseString(
          str
            .replace(/\\.|"/g, (x) => (x === '"' ? '\\"' : x))
            .replace(/^'|'$/g, '"')
        );
      }
  
      return JSON.parse('"' + str + '"');
    } catch (e) {
      return str;
    }
  }
  
  module.exports = parseString;