chopping csv-files (newbie)

[Bjørn Ove Grøtan]

I have a csv-file.. delimited by ;

example-line from the csv-file
"90383";"ooooxWOW   90383;";"Some discription";
"99875";"ooooxSomede90383;0000xNewli99875;";"New line-descriptor";

In this file there is 3 fields extracted from a database.
The second field, can vary som 1 to 4 fields separated by ; but not with
"

What I need to do is to build an array after opening a given file
with the information from the second and third fields.

E.g:

90383	Some discription
99875	New line-descriptor, Some discription

You see where I'm going at?

the second record in this file has a reference to the first record in
its second field.


I have no choice to rebuild the database for my needs since I only have
read-access to it and have nothing to do with the database itself.

I also want to save the records in the array (hash-table?) to a file 

Could someone please help me with an example on how to do this?
Saving the hash-table to a file I can manage.. but the above part is a
bit tricky for me since I don't know enough python..

Best regards

Bjørn Ove Grøtan