[Pdx-pm] Parsing CSV Files

[Tina Müller]

The standard nowadays is actually Text::CSV.
It will automatically use Text::CSV_XS as the backend if available, and
otherwise Text::CSV_PP.

On Fri, 28 Feb 2020, Andrew Clapp wrote:

> Thanks!  I'll check it out.  Weird name for a "standard".
>
> -ASC
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 6:30 PM Andy Lester <andy at petdance.com> wrote:
>>
>> Text::CSV_XS is pretty much the standard.
>>
>>> On Feb 28, 2020, at 8:27 PM, Andrew Clapp <andrew.clapp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello folks, I'm seeking advice on a module if anyone out there knows
>>> of something that's already there.
>>>
>>> I'm looking at a few different options from cpan but I'm stuck on
>>> finding a ready made solution for this one.  There's gotta be
>>> something I missed.  Here's the problem in brief.
>>>
>>> I have to parse a CSV file, but it's double-quote wrapped, with commas
>>> in the fields.
>>>
>>> Example with a header...
>>>
>>> "ID","name","desc","detailed desc"
>>> "1234","thing","A nifty phrase that's easy to read","some, list, of
>>> things, with commas, not so easy"
>>>
>>> I've tried Pasrse::CSV which looks promising, and tried doing it
>>> myself, which works, but it's kludgey beyond useful legibility.  I
>>> believe there's a good way to do this that I've not seen yet.
>>>
>>> Ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks for looking.
>>>
>>> -ASC
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Andrew S. Clapp
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>>>
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> Andrew S. Clapp
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