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ClipboardContent

Source Notebook

Get the contents of the clipboard as an expression

Contributed by: Richard Hennigan (Wolfram Research)

ResourceFunction["ClipboardContent"][]

creates an expression from the contents of the clipboard.

ResourceFunction["ClipboardContent"][h]

wraps the head h around the results before returning.

Examples

Basic Examples (2)

Get the contents of the clipboard:

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Apply the head Hold to prevent evaluation:

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Scope (2)

When multiple cells are copied from a notebook, a list of expressions will be returned:

In[5]:=

CopyToClipboard[Notebook[{
Cell[BoxData[RowBox[{"1", "+", "1"}]], "Input"],
Cell[BoxData["2"], "Output"]
}]];
ResourceFunction["ClipboardContent"][HoldForm]

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Cell content will be converted to strings when necessary:

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$CopyToClipboard[Notebook[{ Cell["Here's the title", "Title"], Cell[TextData[{"Here\[CloseCurlyQuote]s ", StyleBox["some", FontSlant -> "Italic"], " text."}], "Text"], Cell[BoxData[RowBox[{"1", "+", "1"}]], "Input"], Cell[BoxData["2"], "Output"] }]]; ResourceFunction["ClipboardContent"][HoldForm]$