#!/usr/bin/env perl use Modern::Perl; use Text::CSV; my $csv = Text::CSV->new; my @strings = ( 'a,"b,c",3,4,5,6', 'a,"b,c",3,4,5', 'a,"b,c",3,4,5,""', 'abc,def,"ghi,jkl",,mno,6' ); foreach my $s (@strings) { if (my $status = $csv->parse($s)) { if ( (grep { /\w/ } $csv->fields) != 6 ) { warn "row failed: ", $csv->string } } else { warn $csv->error_input } }