Ignoring the problem of parsing CSV, is this what you're looking for? 
#!/perl/bin/perl

use Smart::Comments;
use strict;
use warnings;

my $_raa;
my $i=0;
while (<DATA>) {
    chomp;
    my @a=split(',');
    for my $j (0..$#a) { $_raa->[$j][$i]=$a[$j] };
    $i++;
     };
### $_raa
__DATA__
123,"text",66,"more text"
124,"text1",67,"more text1"
125,"text2",68,"more text2"

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which yields 
### $_raa: [
###          [
###            '123',
###            '124',
###            '125'
###          ],
###          [
###            '"text"',
###            '"text1"',
###            '"text2"'
###          ],
###          [
###            '66',
###            '67',
###            '68'
###          ],
###          [
###            '"more text"',
###            '"more text1"',
###            '"more text2"'
###          ]
###        ]

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In reply to Re: CSV manipulation with perl by clueless newbie
in thread CSV manipulation with perl by joec_

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