[Pdx-pm] Parsing CSV Files

[Richard Case]

Maybe you could use "," as your delimiter (i.e., those three characters).
Sounds like fun :)

On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 4:20 AM Tina Müller <cpan2 at tinita.de> wrote:

> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> Andrew S. Clapp
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