MAT2CLIP

Version 1.1.0.1 (2.53 KB) by Jiro Doke
Copies the contents of a matrix to the CLIPBOARD.
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Updated 1 Sep 2016

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MAT2CLIP(A) copies the contents of 2-D matrix A to the system clipboard. A can be a numeric array (floats, integers, logicals), character array, or a cell array. The cell array can have mixture of data types.
Each element of the matrix will be separated by tabs, and each row will be separated by a NEWLINE character. For numeric elements, it tries to preserve the current FORMAT. The copied matrix can be pasted into spreadsheets.

OUT = MAT2CLIP(A) returns the actual string that was copied to the clipboard.

MAT2CLIP(A, DELIM) uses DELIM as the delimiter between columns. The default is tab (\t).

Example:
format long g
a = {'hello', 123;pi, 'bye'}
mat2clip(a);
% paste into a spreadsheet

format short
data = {
'YPL-320', 'Male', 38, true, uint8(176);
'GLI-532', 'Male', 43, false, uint8(163);
'PNI-258', 'Female', 38, true, uint8(131);
'MIJ-579', 'Female', 40, false, uint8(133) }
mat2clip(data);
% paste into a spreadsheet

mat2clip(data, '|'); % using | as delimiter

Cite As

Jiro Doke (2024). MAT2CLIP (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/8559-mat2clip), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R14SP3
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
Windows macOS Linux
Acknowledgements

Inspired by: num2clip: copy numerical arrays to clipboard

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Version Published Release Notes
1.1.0.1

Updated license

1.1.0.0

Now works with all numeric data types. Added option to specify delimiter character. Updated license.

1.0.0.0