re JavaFan's comment about toolic's "...second example":

/me thinks that's a typo in data (d,e,"f|g" should be d,e,"f,g"), as OP's spec has commas throughout...even inside the quotes.

Update: rephrased to clarify first line with attributions.

Update2: In fairness, JavaFan's s/("[^"]*")|,/$1||"|"/eg; appears to work with this data:

"x,y,z",red,blue
1,"2,3",4,foo,bar,"blivitz_kung"
a,b,"c,d,e,",nodereaper
"Super_Search","XP per node",data,"code tags,markup"
monk,troll,saint,"holders of unholy powers","Orders of Monks:novice,in
+itiate,etc"

[download]

(Update3: bah, humbug, copied wrong data. Fixed above.)

producing this output:

"x,y,z"|red|blue
1|"2,3"|4|foo|bar|"blivitz_kung"
a|b|"c,d,e,"|nodereaper
"Super_Search"|"XP per node"|data|"code tags,markup"
monk|troll|saint|"holders of unholy powers"|"Orders of Monks:novice,in
+itiate,etc"

[download]

Nonetheless, given the likelihood of (unknown, unspecified) edge-cases, a well-tested module remains the way to go, IMO.

In reply to Re^3: Replacing commas with pipes by ww
in thread Replacing commas with pipes by joec_

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.