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I have some Python code that produces a list like this:

[(('infection',), 548), (('data',), 543), (('plant',), 514), (('host',), 513), (('species',), 489)]

I want the code to copy this list to my clipboard in that exact format i.e, the same as if I was to print the list.

However, the packages I have found i.e. clipboard, pyperclip do NOT allow lists to be copied.

I can join the list into a string, but then I lose the brackets and commas etc (or its a faff to add them back in).

Is there a package or a nifty bit of code that can copy LISTS to the clipboard?

Many thanks

Nicholas
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Maybe this will help:

import os
def addToClipBoard(text):
    command = 'echo ' + text.strip() + '| clip'
    os.system(command)
lst = [...] #your list
addToClipBoard(str(lst))
Sid
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  • Hey, thank you Sid. The other packages worked i.e. pyperclip/clipboard, I just had to wrap the list in str(). I was making it more complicated by trying to join the list into a string. – Nicholas Sep 19 '19 at 11:27
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Here's a quick example for macOS based on this) that doesn't require additional packages.

import subprocess

list_to_put_on_clipboard = [(('infection',), 548), (('data',), 543), (('plant',), 514), (('host',), 513), (('species',), 489)]
list_as_str = '\n'.join([str(item) for item in list_to_put_on_clipboard])
subprocess.run("pbcopy", universal_newlines=True, input=list_as_str)

Here is the result when copying to excel

Notes:

  • Not all types may support conversion to str
  • You may want to use a different delimiter than '\n' above, but '\n' produces what I think is the desired Excel output in this case

For other operating systems, according to comments in the above link, instead of "pbcopy" use:

  • "xclip" for Linux
  • "clip" for Windows
GSB
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