# Clipboard.set\_data

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clipboard-set-data/193017>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 10, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clipboard-set-data/193017 "2010-08-10T03:02:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralphshnelvar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@ralphshnelvar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ralphshnelvar)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/clipboard-set-data/193017/1 "2010-08-10T03:02:51Z")

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To all those who might run into this …

xyz = “abc”  
Clipboard.set\_data(xyz)

will quietly append “\000”\*i.e. a null char) to xyz upon return.

I don’t know if this is by design … but it’s a crappy design.