read text from clipboard and print it to console

Question

I am trying to write a code with objective-C in Xcode to read a text from clipboard and print it to console I have some trouble. with that. I would appreciate if you can help me to write this code.

Thank you

Possible duplicate of [XCode 4.3 Text from clipboard automatically in TextView by entering](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10364142/xcode-4-3-text-from-clipboard-automatically-in-textview-by-entering) — Manuel Spigolon, Jul 05 '16 at 13:29
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Anshad Rasheed · Answer 1 · 2016-07-05T18:09:38.697

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You should use UIPasteboard class from UIKit framework.

Apple doc says

The UIPasteboard class provides pasteboards: protected areas for sharing data within an app or between apps. The class offers methods for writing and reading items of data to and from a pasteboard.

for further reference apple doc link 1, link 2

add this method in your viewcontroller and call it.

-(void)printClipboardContent{

    UIPasteboard *pasteboard = [UIPasteboard generalPasteboard];
    NSString *string = pasteboard.string;
    Nslog (@"clipboard text :%@",string);


}

edited Jul 05 '16 at 18:09

answered Jul 05 '16 at 13:05

Anshad Rasheed

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I wrote the code but I received these errors the first error is in the first line under pasteboard it suggests if it is pClipboard . and the second error is in second line for undeclared identifier for paste board I put the image of my code in my post – user3795105 Jul 05 '16 at 13:37
Why did you put it on your main method – Anshad Rasheed Jul 05 '16 at 13:44
where should I put it ? – user3795105 Jul 05 '16 at 13:46
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`UIPasteboard` doesn't exist on OS X. – Willeke Jul 05 '16 at 22:44

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