Programmatically paste into the Matlab Editor

I have highlighted a selection of text in the Matlab editor. I would like to run a command, in the command window, that will replace the selected region with text from the clipboard. I know that,

obj = matlab.desktop.editor 

creates some sort of interface object to the editor that can do this, but I don't know the precise commands that are needed for pasting over a region.

[Walter Roberson]

Hints

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/366464-documentation-of-editor-api#answer_291751

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/132119-keyboard-shortcut-to-evaluate-current-line

Answer 1

[Matt J]

I have created this File Exchange submission,

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/181000-customized-text-modification-buttons-for-the-matlab-editor

to make programmatic editor modification easier. To replace from the clipboard, you would do,

editorReplace(clipboard('paste'))