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    Christopher> I'm trying to parse a CSV file in perl and I'm having
    Christopher> a issue with some of the columns being blank.

Install Text::CSV_XS and then try something like:

use Text::CSV_XS ();

my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new( { sep_char => "\t", } );

while( <> ) {
  chomp;
  my $status = $csv->parse( $_ );
  my @cur = $csv->fields;

  ## ...
}

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