Index: example.c
===================================================================
--- example.c	(revision 28452)
+++ example.c	(revision 28453)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 		/* split and print fields */
 		printf("Splitting '%s':\n", s);
-		argc = qparse3(s, &argv, QPARSE_DOUBLE_QUOTE | QPARSE_SINGLE_QUOTE | QPARSE_TERM_SEMICOLON, &cons);
+		argc = qparse3(s, &argv, QPARSE_DOUBLE_QUOTE | QPARSE_SINGLE_QUOTE | QPARSE_TERM_SEMICOLON | QPARSE_SEP_COMMA, &cons);
 		for(n = 0; n < argc; n++)
 			printf(" [%d] '%s'\n", n, argv[n]);
 		qparse_free(argc, &argv);
Index: qparse.c
===================================================================
--- qparse.c	(revision 28452)
+++ qparse.c	(revision 28453)
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@
 					case '\r':
 						if (flg & QPARSE_TERM_NEWLINE)
 							goto stop;
+					case ',':
+						if (!(flg & QPARSE_SEP_COMMA)) {
+							qpush(*s);  /* plain ',', don't care */
+							break;
+						}
 					case ' ':
 					case '\t':
 						if (flg & QPARSE_MULTISEP)
Index: qparse.h
===================================================================
--- qparse.h	(revision 28452)
+++ qparse.h	(revision 28453)
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 	QPARSE_MULTISEP = 8,        /* multiple separators are taken as a single separator */
 	QPARSE_TERM_NEWLINE = 16,   /* terminate parsing at newline */
 	QPARSE_TERM_SEMICOLON = 32, /* terminate parsing at semicolon */
+	QPARSE_SEP_COMMA = 64,      /* comma is a separator, like whitespace */
 } flags_t;
 
 int qparse2(const char *input, char **argv_ret[], flags_t flg);