Text::CSV is nice but it doesn't work if the field is "partially" quoted. 
use strict;
my $line = join ",",
  (
    '"completely quoted"',
    'not quoted',
    'partially "quoted"',
    '"completely quoted with embedded, comma"',
    'partially "quoted with embedded, comma"',
    'quote \'and comma, inside " single\' quote',
    'single quote "and comma, inside of \' double" quote',
    'last'
  );

my $re = qr/((?:[^"',]|"[^"]*"|'[^']*')+)/;

print(">$_<\n") for $line =~ /$re/g;

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outputs 
>"completely quoted"<
>not quoted<
>partially "quoted"<
>"completely quoted with embedded, comma"<
>partially "quoted with embedded, comma"<
>quote 'and comma, inside " single' quote<
>single quote "and comma, inside of ' double" quote<
>last<

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it will choke on unbalanced quotes but it quick and dirty

UPDATE

it will also choke on empty fields like 

one,,three

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flounder

In reply to Re: Regex to do a smart split() by flounder99
in thread Regex to do a smart split() by Anonymous Monk

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