Hello,

I have a CSV file which needs some cleanup in order for Text::CSV_XS to be able to parse it. I know what I need to do, just not sure how to do it.

First a sample:
"title", "Some Name, "some wierd title"", "555-555-5555"

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This breaks up into 3 fields:
#1. title
#2. Some Name, "some wierd title"
#3. 555-555-5555

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I can get the above to work if I change the above to: 
"title","Some Name,""some wierd title""","555-555-5555"

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This required two changes:
#1. Changing /", "/ to /",/
#2. Double-quoting some wierd title

I can do #1 with a regex with no difficulty, but have no idea how to do #2.
Any ideas?

- dEvNuL

In reply to CSV cleanup problem... by devnul

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