Re^2: swapping PIPE for comma in CSV file

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A few people missed this (myself included). You have to split on a pair of double quotes or no quotes at all. There's the field with commas in it which you can't replace with a pipe so a simple regex or split/join won't work (at least without a massive regex on the split).

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Re^3: swapping PIPE for comma in CSV file by girarde (Hermit) on Jun 26, 2007 at 16:59 UTC
Right, but I'm splitting on the 'quote, comma, quote' pattern, so embedded commas sail through. You can `split` on a pattern, although `join` wants a string.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: swapping PIPE for comma in CSV file by Anonymous Monk on Jun 26, 2007 at 17:06 UTC
But what about the quote-comma-numbers transition?	[reply]
Re^5: swapping PIPE for comma in CSV file by girarde (Hermit) on Jun 28, 2007 at 13:36 UTC
Rats, I missed that. Time for an expression. Also time to verbally abuse the people who decided to provide a comma delimited file with commas in the data "occasionally". I usually ask for delimitation with backticks.	[reply]

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