Importing CSV file and converting to an Array

Question

Hi all,
I'm working on a site that is importing a published CSV (comma seperated values) via actionscript 3.0 URLloader().  Right now I'm just trying to get actionscript to successfully input the imported data from the CSV into an Array, so the CSV file has only 1 cell which contains "athleticMaroon,charcoal,colonialBlue,kellyGreen,fullColor".
Here's the code I'm using:
//create new array
var shirtLiveIntense_btn_Colors:Array=new Array();
//run CSV data import
URLLoaderCSV();
shirtLiveIntense_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, selectingLogo);
function selectingLogo(e:MouseEvent):void{
          trace ("logo selected");
          var colorButtons:Array=this[e.currentTarget.name+"_Colors"];
          for (var i:uint=0; i<colorButtons.length; i++) {
                    colorButtons[i].ivar=i;
                    colorButtons[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, shirtColorOption);
//CSV data import function
function URLLoaderCSV() {
            var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
            configureListeners(loader);
            var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0AlJnOKOffTSxdFk0RVlEUTVHeF9 DMHZfZ0JzSkJjZFE&single=true&gid=1&output=csv");
            try {
                loader.load(request);
            } catch (error:Error) {
                trace("Unable to load requested document.");
function configureListeners(dispatcher:IEventDispatcher):void {
            dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
            dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.OPEN, openHandler);
            dispatcher.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, progressHandler);
            dispatcher.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, securityErrorHandler);
            dispatcher.addEventListener(HTTPStatusEvent.HTTP_STATUS, httpStatusHandler);
            dispatcher.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioErrorHandler);
function completeHandler(event:Event):void {
            var loader:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target);
            trace("completeHandler: " + loader.data);
                              shirtLiveIntense_btn_Colors.push(loader.data);
function openHandler(event:Event):void {
            trace("openHandler: " + event);
function progressHandler(event:ProgressEvent):void {
            trace("progressHandler loaded:" + event.bytesLoaded + " total: " + event.bytesTotal);
function securityErrorHandler(event:SecurityErrorEvent):void {
            trace("securityErrorHandler: " + event);
function httpStatusHandler(event:HTTPStatusEvent):void {
            trace("httpStatusHandler: " + event);
function ioErrorHandler(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
            trace("ioErrorHandler: " + event);
Here is the output:
openHandler: [Event type="open" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2]
progressHandler loaded:57 total: 0
httpStatusHandler: [HTTPStatusEvent type="httpStatus" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 status=200]
completeHandler: athleticMaroon,charcoal,colonialBlue,kellyGreen,fullColor
logo selected
ReferenceError: Error #1056: Cannot create property ivar on String.
          at main_fla::MainTimeline/selectingLogo()
Examining the output results, I see it is clearly loading the data from the CSV file correctly, but what I think it's doing is importing the data as one string, aka "athleticMaroon,charcoal,colonialBlue,kellyGreen,fullColor", and pushing it to shirtLiveIntense_btn_Colors:Array=new Array().  But, as I see from the error, function selectingLogo(e:MouseEvent) can't process the array because it contains a string.
If I switch out shirtLiveIntense_btn_Colors.push(loader.data); with shirtLiveIntense_btn_Colors.push(athleticMaroon,charcoal,colonialBlue,kellyGreen,fullColor);, everything works like a charm, but I need the array to be assigned from the dynamic data in the CSV file.
Can anyone lend a hand in getting the imported stringed CSV data pushed to an accessable array?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Thanks kglad for the reply.
I substituted shirtLiveIntense_btn_Colors.push(loader.data); for shirtLiveIntense_btn_Colors=loader.data.split(","); like you suggested, but I still got the same output:
openHandler: [Event type="open" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2]
progressHandler loaded:57 total: 0
httpStatusHandler: [HTTPStatusEvent type="httpStatus" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 status=200]
completeHandler: athleticMaroon,charcoal,colonialBlue,kellyGreen,fullColor
athleticMaroon,charcoal,colonialBlue,kellyGreen,fullColor
logo selected
ReferenceError: Error #1056: Cannot create property ivar on String.
          at main_fla::MainTimeline/selectingLogo()
I also tried shirtLiveIntense_btn_Colors.push(loader.data.split(",")); and it gave me the following output instead:
openHandler: [Event type="open" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2]
progressHandler loaded:57 total: 0
httpStatusHandler: [HTTPStatusEvent type="httpStatus" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 status=200]
completeHandler: athleticMaroon,charcoal,colonialBlue,kellyGreen,fullColor
athleticMaroon,charcoal,colonialBlue,kellyGreen,fullColor
logo selected
TypeError: Error #1006: addEventListener is not a function.
          at main_fla::MainTimeline/selectingLogo()
Any ideas?
Thanks for the help!