Clipboard.GetText

method · Clipboard · cAlgo.API Since 5.8

DesktopCLICloud

Returns a string containing text data on the Clipboard.

Environment behaviour

CLI — not supported. SetText does nothing; GetText returns an empty string. No exception is thrown.

Cloud — not supported. SetText does nothing; GetText returns an empty string. No exception is thrown.

Definition

C#Python

string GetText()

api.Clipboard.GetText() -> str

Returns string — A string containing text data, or an empty string if no corresponding text data is available.

Examples

C#Python

var symbolName = Clipboard.GetText().Trim();
if (Symbols.Exists(symbolName))
    Print("Clipboard holds a symbol name: {0}", symbolName);

symbolName = api.Clipboard.GetText().strip()
if api.Symbols.Exists(symbolName):
    api.Print(f"Clipboard holds a symbol name: {symbolName}")