Perhaps CSV would do the trick for you. This module is designed to work with comma seperated files.

For your problem I'm really not sure what you are asking. To split up a file like this you could use something like: 
while (<FILE>){
   @split_vals=split /,/,$_;
   #process line in @split_vals
}

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Or to get the whole file in one big array: 
while (<FILE){
   push @split_vals=split /,/,$_;
}
#process whole split file.

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In reply to Re: Stripping a seemingly complicated comma-delimited file by the_slycer
in thread Stripping a seemingly complicated comma-delimited file by jamesSA

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