[General] Document that load_csv only loads strings; update the example

YoYoGames/GameMaker-Bugs#4778
YoYoGames · Feb 23, 2024 · 94ea140 · 94ea140
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diff --git a/...contents/GameMaker_Language/GML_Reference/File_Handling/Encoding_And_Hashing/load_csv.htm b/...contents/GameMaker_Language/GML_Reference/File_Handling/Encoding_And_Hashing/load_csv.htm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <head>
   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
   <title>load_csv</title>
-  <meta name="generator" content="Adobe RoboHelp 2020" />
+  <meta name="generator" content="Adobe RoboHelp 2022" />
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../assets/css/default.css" type="text/css" />
   <script src="../../../../assets/scripts/main_script.js" type="module"></script>
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@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   <h1>load_csv</h1>
   <p>This function will load a CSV format file and convert it into a DS grid, returning the unique ID value for the grid created.</p>
   <p>Your CSV file should follow the <a href="http://super-csv.github.io/super-csv/csv_specification.html" title="CSV specification">CSV specification</a>. If your CSV syntax is not correct, you will get unexpected results on loading the file.</p>
+  <p>This will load each cell as a <a href="../../../GML_Overview/Data_Types.htm">string</a>, even if it only contains numbers. Use the function <span class="inline3_func"><a href="../../Strings/real.htm">real</a></span> to convert a string into number.</p>
   <p> </p>
   <h4>Syntax:</h4>
   <p class="code">load_csv(filename)</p>
@@ -30,14 +31,14 @@ <h4>Syntax:</h4>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td>filename</td>
-        <td><span data-keyref="Type_String"><a href="../../../../../GameMaker_Language/GML_Overview/Data_Types.htm" target="_blank">String</a></span></td>
+        <td><span data-keyref="Type_String"><a href="../../../GML_Overview/Data_Types.htm" target="_blank">String</a></span></td>
         <td>The name of the file to open (as a string)</td>
       </tr>
     </tbody>
   </table>
   <p> </p>
   <h4>Returns:</h4>
-  <p class="code"><span data-keyref="Type_ID_DS_Grid"><a href="../../../../../GameMaker_Language/GML_Reference/Data_Structures/DS_Grids/ds_grid_create.htm" target="_blank">DS Grid ID</a></span></p>
+  <p class="code"><span data-keyref="Type_ID_DS_Grid"><a href="../../Data_Structures/DS_Grids/ds_grid_create.htm" target="_blank">DS Grid</a></span></p>
   <p> </p>
   <h4>Example:</h4>
   <p class="code">file_grid = load_csv(&quot;spreadsheet.csv&quot;);<br />
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ <h4>Example:</h4>
     {<br />
         for (var j = 0; j &lt; hh; j++;)<br />
         {<br />
-            draw_text(xx, yy, string(file_grid[# i, j]));<br />
+            draw_text(xx, yy, file_grid[# i, j]);<br />
             yy += 32;<br />
         }<br />
         yy = 32;<br />