How do I split a comma delimited string in Python except for the commas that are within quotes

Question

I am trying to split a comma delimited string in python. The tricky part for me here is that some of the fields in the data themselves have a comma in them and they are encl

Answer 1

I fabricated something like this. Very redundant I suppose, but it does the job for me. You have to adapt it a bit to your specifications:

def csv_splitter(line):
    splitthese = [0]
    splitted = []
    splitpos = True
    for nr, i in enumerate(line):
        if i == "\"" and splitpos == True: 
            splitpos = False
        elif i == "\"" and splitpos == False:
            splitpos = True
        if i == "," and splitpos == True:
            splitthese.append(nr)
    splitthese.append(len(line)+1) 
    for i in range(len(splitthese)-1):
        splitted.append(re.sub("^,|\"","",line[splitthese[i]:splitthese[i+1]]))
    return splitted