I just looked at that "tutorial", and have to conclude that to be be one of the worst tutorials I have ever seen. THE reason to use a CSV parsing module like Text::CSV_XS or Text::CSV is because, like in the case of the OP, the format is not straightforward: fields may contain " or , or even newlines. Both mentioned modules deal with that transparently.

My advice: DO NOT READ that tutorial. Just read the manual for either module and follow the SYNOPSIS and examples:

 my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ binary => 1, auto_diag => 1 });
 open my $fh, "<", "file.csv" or die "file.csv: $!";
 while (my $row = $csv->getline ($fh)) {
     # do something with @$row
     }
 close $fh or die "file.csv: $!";
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update 2013-11-25: That tutorial has been completely rewritten to reflect the current state of affairs, and is now well worth looking at.

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