clipboard - Copy and paste text to and from system clipboard - MATLAB (original) (raw)

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Copy and paste text to and from system clipboard

Syntax

Description

clipboard('copy',[data](#mw%5Ff89668a0-f957-4feb-ad2d-dd847ef678b7)) copies the specified data to the clipboard.

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[contents](#mw%5F86b7bfe4-6ebf-497a-a85a-efc522f49133) = clipboard('paste') returns the current contents of the clipboard. If clipboard is unable to retrieve the contents of the clipboard, contents is empty ('').

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[importedcontents](#mw%5F86bcd0f2-1de3-4314-b537-54d865192bdb) = clipboard('pastespecial') imports the contents of the clipboard using the Import Tool.

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Examples

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Copy a line of text into the clipboard and then paste it into an array.

clipboard('copy', 'This is the text that I want to copy'); contents = clipboard('paste')

contents = 'This is the text that I want to copy'

Copy data into the clipboard and then import the clipboard data into MATLAB®.

Select the lines below, right-click, and then select .

Import the clipboard data into MATLAB using the clipboard function. The Import Tool opens.

A = clipboard('pastespecial')

In the Import Tool, click Next and thenFinish to import the contents of the clipboard into A.

Input Arguments

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Data to copy, specified as a numeric array, character vector, or string scalar.

Output Arguments

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Contents of the clipboard, returned as a character vector.

Contents of the clipboard imported from the Import Tool, returned as a structure array.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a