I hope someone can help me. I'm using PyParsing v3.1.1.

I'm trying to separate a Comma Separated Values list and I'm having some difficulties.

This is what I'm trying to do:

I obviously start with this:
import pyparsing

...and then...
>>> test = "Item1, Item2, Item3, £10.99, Item 5, \"Item 6a, Item 6b\""
>>> pyparsing.common.comma_separated_list.parseString(test).asList()

The above returns the following:
['Item1', 'Item2', 'Item3', '']

...but I was expecting the result to be:
['Item1', 'Item2', 'Item3', '£10.99', 'Item 5', 'Item 6a, Item 6b']

If I remove the pound sign I receive different results.

>>> test = "Item1, Item2, Item3, 10.99, Item 5, \"Item 6a, Item 6b\""
>>> pyparsing.common.comma_separated_list.parseString(test).asList()

which returns this:
['Item1', 'Item2', 'Item3', '10.99', 'Item 5', '"Item 6a, Item 6b"']

...but I was expecting the result to be:
['Item1', 'Item2', 'Item3', '10.99', 'Item 5', 'Item 6a, Item 6b']

So, I have two problems:

1. How can I include elements with pound signs?
2. How can I return the last element without the quotes?

Can anyone please help me?