"Jane""Doe" "123 W Beverly Ave" "Talahasee""Maine" "222-22-2222"
"EOS"
##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;

my $i;
my $data;
open(DATA," basicdez.dat") || die "Cannot open datfile: $!\n";
while(<DATA>){
   chomp;
   unless ($_=~ /"EOS"/){
      $data .= "$_";
   } elsif ($i ne 1) {
      $data .="\n";
   }
   if ($_=~ /"EOS"/){
      $i=1;
   }
}
close(DATA);

my @data=split(/\n/, $data);
for(@data){
   my($first_name,$last_name,$address,$city,$state,$phone)=split;

   print "$first_name,$last_name\n";
   print "$address\n";
   print "$city, $state\n";
   print "$phone \n";
   }
exit;


##</code><code>##

Jane, Doe
123 W Beverly Ave
Talahasee,Maine
222-22-2222

##</code><code>##

"Jane""Doe","123
W
Beverly, Ave"
"Talahasee""Maine"