Copying data from variable to script

I just upgraded from version 2018b to R2025B. I used to be able to select data in variable window and right click and select copy. I could then paste this data to a variable assignment in a matlab script and it would format correctly

e.g.

CalIndex=[40,123;159,255;364,468;522,671;732,897;907,993;1000,1220;1242,1335;1473,1534] 

It appears that the right click does not show copy option and if I use ctrl-c and then ctrl-v in the matlab script it paste the data as unformatted table

1 123

206 255

398 468

522 671

732 897

907 993

1000 1220

1242 1335

1473 1534

This was a handy way to modify a variable assignment without having to type in the assigment by hand.

[Matt J]

The reason for the change, I imagine, is that maybe you don't want the data pasted into the same kind of container as the one it came from. Maybe you want it to copy from a matrix to a cell array, as in,

CalIndex={40,123;159,255;364,468;522,671;732,897;907,993;1000,1220;1242,1335;1473,1534}

Or maybe you want to paste numeric data from a table into a matrix.

With the old behavior, you would be forced to remove the default container delimiters manually.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

If you type in

CalIndex = []

and then paste in the N x 2 table between the [ and the ] then everything will work out.

[Jeffrey]

I tried this and this is what I got ...

CalIndex=[1 100

206 255

398 468

522 671

732 897

907 993

1000 1220

1242 1335

1473 1534]

It does work just a little busy in the middle of the script but functional.