String - DeserializeJavaScript

A string extension method that converts a JSON-formatted string to an object of the specified type.

Try it

public static void Main()
{
    var myJsString = "[\"Fizz\",\"Buzz\"]";

     // C# Extension Method: String - DeserializeJavaScript
     var result = myJsString.DeserializeJavaScript<List<string>>();

	foreach(var val in result)
	{
     	Console.WriteLine(val);
	}
}

View Source
#if !NETSTANDARD
using System.Web.Script.Serialization;
#endif

public static partial class Extensions
{
#if !NETSTANDARD
    /// <summary>
    ///     A string extension method that deserialize a string binary as &lt;T&gt;.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Generic type parameter.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="this">The @this to act on.</param>
    /// <returns>The desrialize binary as &lt;T&gt;</returns>
    public static T DeserializeJavaScript<T>(this string @this)
    {
        var serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
        return serializer.Deserialize<T>(@this);
    }
#endif
}