{"name":"copyToClipboard","operator":null,"title":"copyToClipboard","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/copyToClipboard","revid":337563,"updated":"2023-02-10T01:05:53Z","groups":["System","Strings"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma2","name":"Arma 2","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma2oa","name":"Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead","version":"1.50"},{"game":"tkoh","name":"Take On Helicopters","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"0.50"}],"since":{"game":"arma2","name":"Arma 2","version":"1.00"},"arma3_since":"0.50","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":true},"exec":null,"description":"Copies ANSI text string to the clipboard. If Unicode support is desired, see forceUnicode.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"copyToClipboard text","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"text","type":"String","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["String"],"since":null,"text":"text: String"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","types":["Nothing"],"description":null,"text":"Nothing"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"text","types":["String"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\ncopyToClipboard str _data;\n```","code":["copyToClipboard str _data;"]}],"multiplayer":"> [!IMPORTANT]\n> Restricted to **the server** for safety reasons.","problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["copyFromClipboard","diag_log","forceUnicode"],"notes":[{"user":"Benargee","date":"2014-10-12T02:38:00Z","text":"To add a line break in output text do this:\n\n```sqf\n_br = toString [13,10]; // (carriage return & line feed)\n_string = \"Line 1\" + _br + \"Line 2\";\ncopyToClipboard _string;\n```\n\nPaste into text editor of choice, you get:\n\n```\nLine 1\nLine 2\n```\n\n(A3 1.30 Stable executed inside .sqf via execVM)"}],"categories":["Arma 2: New Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Strings","Command Group: System","Introduced with Arma 2 version 1.00","Scripting Commands","Scripting Commands: Server Execution","Take On Helicopters: Scripting Commands"]}