in reply to Oh my, PERL Data

Here's some code that does roughly what you want:

#!perl use strict; use warnings; { while ( <DATA> ) { chomp; my ( $n_string, $a_num, $b_num, $c_num ) = split(/,/); print "$n_string: " . join(', ', $a_num, $b_num, $c_num) . "\n"; } } __DATA__ Bob Jones,23,45,67 Bill Hicks,56,43,29
This produces the following output:
Bob Jones: 23, 45, 67 Bill Hicks: 56, 43, 29

When you save stuff from a spreadsheet, one of the possible output formats is a CSV, like the two lines of data shown above.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.