clipboard
clipboard() -> AbstractString
Return a string with the contents of the operating system clipboard ("paste").
Examples
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Copy a string to the clipboard:
julia> clipboard("Hello, Julia!")
This example copies the string "Hello, Julia!" to the operating system clipboard.
-
Copy a numerical value to the clipboard:
julia> clipboard(42)
It copies the numerical value
42
to the clipboard. -
Copy a variable to the clipboard:
julia> x = ["apple", "banana", "orange"] julia> clipboard(x)
This example copies the contents of the variable
x
(an array of strings) to the clipboard.
Common mistake example:
julia> clipboard([1, 2, 3])
ERROR: MethodError: no method matching clipboard(::Array{Int64,1})
In this example, an array of integers is provided as an argument to clipboard
, which is not a supported type. The clipboard
function in Julia is primarily used for copying strings or printable representations of objects.
See Also
addprocs, atexit, cd, clipboard, EnvHash, exit, getpid, peakflops, ProcessExitedException, process_exited, process_running, procs, quit, readandwrite, redirect_stdout, rmprocs, run, setenv, spawn, withenv,User Contributed Notes
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