in reply to split question

split isn't the tool to use for this. Try Text::CSV.
Unless I state otherwise, all my code runs with strict and warnings

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Re^2: split question
by rovf (Priest) on May 30, 2008 at 08:53 UTC
    Though I think too that Text::CSV is the best to use here (especially since it can handle escaped quotes (\"), I think in this simple case, split *can* be used:
    (1) remove the very first and the very last quote, then:
    (2) split /","/,....
    -- 
    Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>
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