If I copy something into the clipboard then use var=Paste[]; I get Null in the var and the clipboard content is printed on the next cell. How do I get the content of the clipboard directly into the variable.
I have a basic text in my clipboard and want it stored as a string.
Moreover Windows 10's clipboard now supports multiple entries. Is there a way to select entries other than the last one?
To get the last entry in clipboard you can use:
var = ToExpression[NotebookGet[ClipboardNotebook[]][[1, 1, 1, 1]]] This works in version 9 / windows 10 (64bit).
This is perhaps a partial answer; it shows that using ctrl+v rather than Paste[] allows an expression to be assigned to a variable as required.
As an example, enter
Red[] Shows red box.
Select the box then use Paste from the context menu to copy it to the clip-board; then enter
x = Paste[] x // FullForm This shows x = Null.
Next, enter
y= then type ctrl+v
This gives the red box as expected; enter
y // FullForm This gives RGBColor[1,0,0], which shows that the expressions has been passed to y as required.
Actually, there is an undocumented function for this purpose:PastContent[]
PastContent, at least in version 12.3.1: Names["*`*Past*Content*"] returns empty list. Probably you refer to this: mmaqa.com/qa/1731/mmaexcelmma?show=1773#a1773 $\endgroup$