c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le
"use Test::More 'no_plan';
 use Test::NoWarnings;
 ;;
 my @vectors = (
   [ 'ABC;123;;;;;HELLO;' =>
     q{ABC;'123';'';'';'';'';'HELLO';}
     ],
   [ 'DEF;345;;BANANA;12DEF;44,55;4*12;;;;;;;;3;' =>
     q{DEF;'345';'';'BANANA';'12DEF';'44,55';'4*12';'';'';'';'';'';'';'';'3';}
   ],
   );
 ;;
 for my $ar_vector (@vectors) {
   my ($string, $expected) = @$ar_vector;
   (my $got = $string) =~ s{ (?<= ;) ([^;]*) (?= ;) }{'$1'}xmsg;
   is $got, $expected, qq{'$string' -> \n >$expected<};
   }
"
ok 1 - 'ABC;123;;;;;HELLO;' ->
#  >ABC;'123';'';'';'';'';'HELLO';<
ok 2 - 'DEF;345;;BANANA;12DEF;44,55;4*12;;;;;;;;3;' ->
#  >DEF;'345';'';'BANANA';'12DEF';'44,55';'4*12';'';'';'';'';'';'';'';'3';<
ok 3 - no warnings
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