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@@ -7884,6 +7884,11 @@ contain at least one character. A straightforward modification
FPAT = "([^,]*)|(\"[^\"]+\")"
@end example
+@c FIXME: 4/2015
+@c Consider use of FPAT = "([^,]*)|(\"[^\"]*\")"
+@c (star in latter part of value) to allow quoted strings to be empty.
+@c Per email from Ed Morton <mortoneccc@comcast.net>
+
Finally, the @code{patsplit()} function makes the same functionality
available for splitting regular strings (@pxref{String Functions}).