property theCSVFilename : "/Users/username/Desktop/example.csv"
property theCSVDelimiter : ";"

on readAndParseCSVData()
    -- open csv file
    set csvRows to read file theFile using delimiter {return}

    -- Parsing the information
    set parsedArray to {}

    copy the text item delimiters to OldDelims
    set the text item delimiters to theCSVDelimiter

    repeat with csvLine in csvRows
        --tell application "Automator"
        --set end of parsedArray to call method "componentsSeparatedByString:" of csvLine with parameter theCSVDelimiter
        --end tell
        set end of parsedArray to (text items of csvLine)
    end repeat

    set the text item delimiters to OldDelims

    return parsedArray
end readAndParseCSVData