---
id: "M:cAlgo.API.Clipboard.GetText"
kind: "method"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.Clipboard"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/General/Clipboard/GetText/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# Clipboard.GetText

Member of [Clipboard](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/General/Clipboard/index.md).

## GetText()

Returns a string containing text data on the Clipboard.

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI not supported · Cloud not supported.

- CLI: SetText does nothing; GetText returns an empty string. No exception is thrown.
- Cloud: SetText does nothing; GetText returns an empty string. No exception is thrown.

C#:

```csharp
string GetText()
```

Python:

```python
api.Clipboard.GetText() -> str
```

### Returns

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

Available since cAlgo.API 5.8.

### Examples

C#:

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

Python:

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