%clip = <expr> syntax in win32clip.py

IPython/Extensions/win32clip.py

@@ -1,40 +1,45 b''
 import IPython.ipapi
 
 ip = IPython.ipapi.get()
 
 def clip_f( self, parameter_s = '' ):
     """Save a set of lines to the clipboard.
 
     Usage:\\
       %clip n1-n2 n3-n4 ... n5 .. n6 ...
 
     This function uses the same syntax as %macro for line extraction, but
     instead of creating a macro it saves the resulting string to the
     clipboard.
     
     When used without arguments, this returns the text contents of the clipboard. 
     E.g.
     
     mytext = %clip
     
     """
 
     import win32clipboard as cl
     import win32con
     args = parameter_s.split()
     cl.OpenClipboard()
     if len( args ) == 0:
         data = cl.GetClipboardData( win32con.CF_TEXT )
         cl.CloseClipboard()
         return data
-
-    ranges = args[0:]
-    cmds = ''.join( self.extract_input_slices( ranges ) )
+    api = self.getapi()
+    
+    if parameter_s.lstrip().startswith('='):
+        rest = parameter_s[parameter_s.index('=')+1:].strip()
+        val = str(api.ev(rest))
+    else:
+        ranges = args[0:]
+        val = ''.join( self.extract_input_slices( ranges ) )
 
     cl.EmptyClipboard()
-    cl.SetClipboardText( cmds )
+    cl.SetClipboardText( val )
     cl.CloseClipboard()
-    print 'The following commands were written to the clipboard'
-    print cmds
+    print 'The following text was written to the clipboard'
+    print val
     
 ip.expose_magic( "clip", clip_f )