write_clip Function in R (2 Examples) | Write Character Vector to System Clipboard
This tutorial explains how to apply the write_clip function to copy data to the clipboard in the R programming language.
The tutorial will consist of these contents:
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Example 1: Copy Data Frame to Clipboard Using write_clip() Function
Example 1 shows how to copy a data frame to the clipboard using the write_clip function in the R programming language.
For this example, we first have to create a data frame:
data <- data.frame(x1 = 5:10, # Create example data frame x2 = LETTERS[10:15], x3 = 5) data # Print example data frame
By running the previous code, we have created Table 1, i.e. a data frame with six rows and three columns.
Next, we can apply the write_clip function of the clipr package to this data frame to save it to the clipboard:
clipr::write_clip(data) # Apply write_clip
After running the previous R syntax, we can press the keys Ctrl + v to paste our data:
# x1 x2 x3 # 16 yyy J # 15 yyy K # 14 yyy L # 13 yyy M # 12 yyy N # 11 yyy O
We can use this method to export our data frame to external files such as TXT, Excel XLSX, or CSV files.
Example 2: Copy Vector to Clipboard Using write_clip() Function
Similar to Example 1, we can use the write_clip function to copy and paste a vector object.
Let’s create an exemplifying vector:
vec <- 1:6 # Create example vector vec # Print example vector # [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6
Next, let’s apply the write_clip command:
clipr::write_clip(vec) # Apply write_clip
The output below shows what gets printed when we press Ctrl + v.
# 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6
Video & Further Resources
Do you want to know more about the usage of the write_clip function? Then you may have a look at the following video on my YouTube channel. I explain the R code of this article in the video.
The YouTube video will be added soon.
Furthermore, you might want to have a look at some of the other articles on my website. I have published several tutorials already:
- Copy Data Frame to Clipboard in R
- Copy & Paste Data from Clipboard into R
- View() Function in R
- List of R Functions (+ Examples)
- All R Programming Examples
In this tutorial you have learned how to apply the write_clip function in the R programming language. If you have additional comments or questions, let me know in the comments below.
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