How can I parse quoted CSV in Perl with a regex?

Question

I\'m having some issues with parsing CSV data with quotes. My main problem is with quotes within a field. In the following example lines 1 - 4 work correctly but 5,6 and 7 d

Answer 1

Finding matching pairs using regexs is non-trivial and generally unsolvable task. There are plenty of examples in the Jeffrey Friedl's Mastering regular expressions book. I don't have it at hand now, but I remember that he used CSV for some examples, too.