Re: parsing CSV file with embedded commas (fortunately, fixed-width)

chomp $line;
my @record = split /','/, $line;
substr($record[0],0,1) = '';
chop $record[-1];
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I threw in a variety of functions to enjoy.

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Re: Re: parsing CSV file with embedded commas (fortunately, fixed-width) - is unpack the solution? by amelinda (Friar) on Oct 31, 2001 at 22:59 UTC
Hm. Close. I thought of that too. But that breaks on at least one field which is not enclosed with 's.	[reply]