I simplified some of the logic, and threw together this example. I hope it helps.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my @mField;
#open(DATA," basicdez.dat") || die "Cannot open datfile: $!\n";
while(<DATA>)
{
unless (/^\s*\"EOS\"/)
{
@mField = (split(/\"\s*\"*/));
print $mField[1],', ',$mField[2],"\n";
print $mField[3],"\n";
print $mField[4],', ',$mField[5],"\n";
print $mField[6],"\n";
print "\n";
}
}
#close(DATA);
__DATA__
"Jane""Doe" "123 W Beverly Ave" "Talahasee""Maine" "222-22-2222"
"John""Doe" "456 W Beverly Ave" "Seattle""Washington" "333-33-3333"
"EOS"
