MATLAB Function Reference Volume 1: A - E - Bad Request

clipboard
2clipboard
Purpose Copy and paste strings to and from the system clipboard.
Graphical
Interface
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As an alternative to clipboard, use the Import Wizard. To use the Import
Wizard to copy data from the clipboard, select Paste Special from the Edit
menu.
Syntax clipboard('copy',data)
str = clipboard('paste')
data = clipboard('pastespecial')
Description clipboard('copy', data) sets the clipboard contents to data.Ifdata is not a
character array, clipboard uses mat2str to convert it to a string.
See Also load, uiimport
str = clipboard('paste') returns the current contents of the clipboard as a
string or as an empty string (' '), if the current clipboard content cannot be
converted to a string.
data = clipboard('pastespecial') returns the current contents of the
clipboard as an array using uiimport.
Note Requires an active X display on Unix and Java elsewhere.