Ruby: How can I process a CSV file with “bad commas”?

Question

I need to process a CSV file from FedEx.com containing shipping history. Unfortunately FedEx doesn\'t seem to actually test its CSV files as it doesn\'t quote strings that have

Answer 1

Well, here's an idea: You could replace each instance of comma-followed-by-a-space with a unique character, then parse the CSV as usual, then go through the resulting rows and reverse the replace.