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'use strict';

/**
 * Basic code to parse the values in the "data" attribute in a Google Maps URL to an Array.
 * There will likely still be some work to do to interpret the resulting Array.
 *
 * Based on information from:
 *  http://stackoverflow.com/a/34275131/1852838
 *  http://stackoverflow.com/a/24662610/1852838
 */

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// from https://gist.github.com/mitch-cohen/9547514
export function toJson(WKTstr: string) {

    // trim leading "(" and trailing ")" characters
    function unbracket(str: string) {
        let left = str.indexOf("(") + 1;
        let right = str.lastIndexOf(")");
        if (right < str.length - 1) right = str.length;
        return str.substring(left, right);
    }