Copying text to the clipboard using Java

Question

I want to copy text from a `JTable`'s cell to the clipboard, making it available to be pasted into other programs such as Microsoft Word. I have the text from the `JTable`, but I am unsure how to copy it to the clipboard.

Accepted Answer

This works for me and is quite simple:

Import these:

```
import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard;
```

And then put this snippet of code wherever you'd like to alter the clipboard:

```
String myString = "This text will be copied into clipboard";
StringSelection stringSelection = new StringSelection(myString);
Clipboard clipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
clipboard.setContents(stringSelection, null);
```

Copying text to the clipboard using Java

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