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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/classes/File.xml | 11 |
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diff --git a/doc/classes/File.xml b/doc/classes/File.xml index de3beedf0f..6622619fb3 100644 --- a/doc/classes/File.xml +++ b/doc/classes/File.xml @@ -119,8 +119,15 @@ <return type="PackedStringArray" /> <argument index="0" name="delim" type="String" default="","" /> <description> - Returns the next value of the file in CSV (Comma-Separated Values) format. You can pass a different delimiter [code]delim[/code] to use other than the default [code]","[/code] (comma). This delimiter must be one-character long. - Text is interpreted as being UTF-8 encoded. + Returns the next value of the file in CSV (Comma-Separated Values) format. You can pass a different delimiter [code]delim[/code] to use other than the default [code]","[/code] (comma). This delimiter must be one-character long, and cannot be a double quotation mark. + Text is interpreted as being UTF-8 encoded. Text values must be enclosed in double quotes if they include the delimiter character. Double quotes within a text value can be escaped by doubling their occurrence. + For example, the following CSV lines are valid and will be properly parsed as two strings each: + [codeblock] + Alice,"Hello, Bob!" + Bob,Alice! What a surprise! + Alice,"I thought you'd reply with ""Hello, world""." + [/codeblock] + Note how the second line can omit the enclosing quotes as it does not include the delimiter. However it [i]could[/i] very well use quotes, it was only written without for demonstration purposes. The third line must use [code]""[/code] for each quotation mark that needs to be interpreted as such instead of the end of a text value. </description> </method> <method name="get_double" qualifiers="const"> |