My trusty code splits a string on commas: 
( $fDate, $fType, $fDetails, $fRef, $fCurrency, 
  $fAmount, $fPaidOut, $fFees, $fTax )
      = split( /,/, $line );

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Unfortunately the provider of the data has newly added a comma in the fDetails field and delimited the field by double-quotes: 
11/21/2022,Payment,"Transfer to Smith, account 2",,USD,,123.60,,,

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where previously there was neither a comma following Smith nor quotes around the details; split now erroneously gives: 

$fDetails = "Transfer to Smith
$fRef =  Savings account"

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with subsequent fields also getting the wrong data of course.

What's a clean way to handle this, such that the comma within the double-quotes is ignored by split? (I don't mind losing the comma within the details if that's easiest.) Kindly excuse my ignorance here, I retired some years ago and my brain has rusted.

Here's a runnable fragment: 

$line = 
  '11/21/2022,Payment,"Transfer to Smith, account 2",,USD,,123.60,';
print "  $line\n";

( $fDate, $fType, $fDetails, $fRef, $fCurrency,
  $fAmount, $fPaidOut, $fFees )
      = split( /,/, $line );

printf("\n  Date: %s;  Type: %s;  \n"
  ."  Details: %s\n  Reference: %s\n"
  ."  Currency: %s;  Amount: %s;  PaidOut: %s; Fees: %s;\n",
  $fDate, $fType, $fDetails,
  $fRef, $fCurrency, $fAmount, $fPaidOut, $fFees );

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