in reply to How do I parse a CSV that can contain newlines in fields?

Hey

Set your input line seperator ($/) to the line
delimiter, and then split on your field delimiter..

Or use supersplit


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print "profeth still\n" if /bird|devil/;
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Re: Re: How do I parse a CSV that can contain newlines in fields?
by jorg (Friar) on Apr 03, 2001 at 14:45 UTC
    Have a look at Text::CSV

    Jorg

    "Do or do not, there is no try" -- Yoda
      To elaborate: Text::CSV can do CSV parsing, but you'll need to make sure you send it the appropriate fields (using the input separator above, or whatever trick you prefer). Another piece of advice about Text::CSV: The docs mention that a certain range of characters is allowed. If a character outside that range is in the data, it will quietly not work.

        You must put Text::CSV in binary mode:

        my $csv = Text::CSV->new( {binary => 1, eol = $/ } );