JS Color To Number Array

color_to_num_array.js

var colorToNumArray = function(color){
  var colorArray = []
  var cleanColor = ''
  if(color.split('')[0]='#'){
    cleanColor = color.slice(1);
  } else {
    cleanColor = color;
  }

  var split = cleanColor.split('');
  colorArray[0] = split[0] + split[1];
  colorArray[1] = split[2] + split[3];
  colorArray[2] = split[4] + split[5];
  colorArray[0] = parseInt(colorArray[0], 16);
  colorArray[1] = parseInt(colorArray[1], 16);
  colorArray[2] = parseInt(colorArray[2], 16);
  
  return colorArray;
}


var colorToNumArrayDLZ = function(color){
  matches = color.match(/#([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9]?)([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9]?)([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9]?)/);
  if(matches != null){
    matches.shift();
    $(matches).each(function(i,e){
      matches[i] = parseInt(e, 16);
    });
    return matches;
  } else {
    throw(new Exception("Invalid hex color string passed to colorToNumArrayDLZ: " + color));
  }
};