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Re: Easy way to read clipboard?

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  • Subject: [mg117883] Re: Easy way to read clipboard?
  • From: David Reiss <dbreiss at gmail.com>
  • Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 02:44:52 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <in3v6n$i0i$1@smc.vnet.net>

NotebookGet@ClipboardNotebook[]

or any other notebook manipulation commands on ClipboardNotebook[]

--David


On Apr 1, 3:34 am, mmausr <opn... at gmail.com> wrote:
> The Paste[] command will paste the current contents of the clipboard
> into a cell.  In theory, one can then access the contents of a cell by
> executing front-end commands in the kernel, but I'd prefer something
> more direct.
>
> Say that I want to set the variable Foo to the current contents of the
> Clipboard, which holds the number 100.  I'd like to be able to execute
> something like Foo = ReadClipboard[] and have Foo set to the integer
> value 100.
>
> Any suggestions?



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