foreach (@csv_out){ if($_ eq ""){ #$_ = 'NULL'; $_ = 'NULL'; print WRITEFILE "$_" . "," ; } elsif ($_ =~ m/[a-zA-Z]/ || ($j<10 && $j>=0)){ print "$_\n"; $_=~ s/,/ /g; print WRITEFILE '"'."$_".'"' . "," ; $j=$j-1; } else { $_=~ s/,/ /g; print WRITEFILE "$_" . "," ; }