Name Rascal/Libraries/util/Clipboard/paste

Synopsis copy a value to the user's clipboard

Function str paste()

Usage import util::Clipboard;

Description This uses Java standard library functionality to copy contents from the clipboard. The string which is retrieved is the exact contents of the clipboard if the content is indeed representable as a string.

Examples

rascal>import util::Clipboard;
ok
rascal>copy("Hello clipboard!");
ok
rascal>paste();
str: "Hello clipboard!"

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