Split a string ignoring quoted sections

Question

Given a string like this:

a,\"string, with\",various,\"values, and some\",quoted

What is a good algorithm to split this based on

Answer 1

Of course using a CSV parser is better but just for the fun of it you could:

Loop on the string letter by letter.
    If current_letter == quote : 
        toggle inside_quote variable.
    Else if (current_letter ==comma and not inside_quote) : 
        push current_word into array and clear current_word.
    Else 
        append the current_letter to current_word
When the loop is done push the current_word into array