Hi Ganesh Bharadwaj1,

For parsing CSV files, don't re-invent the wheel and use Text::CSV instead. That will be able to parse each of your sample rows into four fields, and then getting the comma-separated values out of the 3rd column is as easy as my @vals = split /,/, $row->[2]; (see the module's synopsis for example code).

Update: As BrowserUk pointed out below, using a simple split is only appropriate if that field is never more than a plain comma-separated list, and if there is anything more complex going on in that field (quotes, escape characters, etc.) you'll have to use a more advanced method to parse it. If you wanted to play it safe, you could validate the format of that field before splitting it, e.g. $row->[2] =~ /^\d+(?:,\d+)*$/.

Hope this helps,
-- Hauke D

In reply to Re: splitting csv file and saving data (updated) by haukex
in thread splitting csv file and saving data by Ganesh Bharadwaj1

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