readtable function in 2020a not functioning the same as older versions?

The old version of readtable (2018b) that i am using is able to import text as part of the table and the 2020a version my coworker is using seems to only import numerical data and ignore any information you provide about the number of headerlines. We need to import the text and numerical data from a .csv file and readtable was the only way to do this, its going to be a problem if the code will work differently depending on what version of matlab the users have, does anyone have any suggestions or know why the new version is unable to import the text?

[Walter Roberson]

Compatibility notes are at https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/readtable.html#mw_19d8ece8-5151-47f4-8ff2-8e0fa633db25

[Amy Wolff]

Thanks, i was able to get the new version to function like the old one by using this code from the compatibility notes: T = readtable(filename,'Format','auto'), which is the same as T = readtable(filename) from earlier versions

[Ornit]

Thanks! Worked for me too.

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[Cris LaPierre]

My experience is that readtable is able to read in more types of data automatically in 2020a than in 2018b. Could you share more details about the formatting of the csv file? Even better, can you share the file and your code?