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Use system line terminator in to_clipboard by default #12131

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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions pandas/io/clipboard.py
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Expand Up @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def read_clipboard(**kwargs): # pragma: no cover
return read_table(StringIO(text), **kwargs)


def to_clipboard(obj, excel=None, sep=None, **kwargs): # pragma: no cover
def to_clipboard(obj, excel=None, sep=None, line_terminator=None, **kwargs): # pragma: no cover
"""
Attempt to write text representation of object to the system clipboard
The clipboard can be then pasted into Excel for example.
Expand All @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ def to_clipboard(obj, excel=None, sep=None, **kwargs): # pragma: no cover
if False, write a string representation of the object
to the clipboard
sep : optional, defaults to tab
line_terminator : optional, defaults to system line terminator
other keywords are passed to to_csv

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Expand All @@ -82,8 +83,11 @@ def to_clipboard(obj, excel=None, sep=None, **kwargs): # pragma: no cover
try:
if sep is None:
sep = '\t'
if line_terminator is None:
import os
line_terminator = os.linesep
buf = StringIO()
obj.to_csv(buf, sep=sep, **kwargs)
obj.to_csv(buf, sep=sep, line_terminator=line_terminator, **kwargs)
clipboard_set(buf.getvalue())
return
except:
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