How to quickly parse a list of strings

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Published on 2008-12-01T13:51:42Z Indexed on 2010/04/30 16:07 UTC
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If I want to split a list of words separated by a delimiter character, I can use

>>> 'abc,foo,bar'.split(',')
['abc', 'foo', 'bar']

But how to easily and quickly do the same thing if I also want to handle quoted-strings which can contain the delimiter character ?

In: 'abc,"a string, with a comma","another, one"'
Out: ['abc', 'a string, with a comma', 'another, one']

Related question: How can i parse a comma delimited string into a list (caveat)?

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