i trying read file , populate values in db of jython in odi. this, read line 1 one split line on basis of ',' present. now have line 4jgbb8gb5aa557812,,miss,maria,cruz,,"266 faller drive apt. b", new milford,nj,07646,2015054604,2015054604,20091029,51133,,, n,lessee,"mercedes-benz usa, llc",n,n "mercedes-benz usa, llc" field has , within double quotes due gets split 2 fields whereas should considered one. can please tell me how should avoid this. fields = valuelist.split(',') i use splitting valuelist individual line present in file you can use csv module can take care of quotes: line = '4jgbb8gb5aa557812,,miss,maria,cruz,,"266 faller drive apt. b",new milford,nj,07646,2015054604,2015054604,20091029,51133,,,n,lessee,"mercedes-benz usa, llc",n,n' import stringio import csv f = stringio.stringio(line) reader = csv.reader(f, delimiter=',') row in reader: print('\n'.joi...