How to Copy text from a regions?

Update: Or I say BUMP? Please help?
I need to copy some text which will be generated by some website in a region

Create a new Region where the text should appear, I believe you can do so with exact or relative coordinates. Then use the text() method to extract the text from that region (it is returned as a string). Be aware the the text recognition is still in an experimental state.

If Willie's suggestion (which is the primary solution to try) does not satisfy you and the text to copy is selectable with mouse and/or keyboard you might simulate either

-- a copy/paste action (somehow-select-the-text/ctrl-c/click(target-region)/ctrl-v) or

-- a drag/drop-operation (somehow-select-the-text/mouseDown()/mouseMove(target-region)/mouseUp()).

If the text is somehow selectable, this method works in any cases - but it needs some more coding and you might have to solve timing problems.
(an example: http://sikuli.org/blog/2010/05/06/extract-text-with-clipboard/)

I tried I cannot do that, it always give me error or copy whole stuff from the screen
this is code which gives me error
text("region from where to copy text")
paste(text,"region to paste text" )
. Please help?

the usage is:
theText = find("some-image").text()
paste("region to paste text", theText)

pls. look into docs: http://sikuli.org/docx/

But I want to extract some Variable string. I cannot use the find function to grab it, because It will result findfailed, If i put the image of the text. I want to copy from a region to region

For example :-
I want Sikuli to copy heading of this question page(https://answers.launchpad.net/sikuli/+question/162592)
If we assume that user is scrolled top of the page

Sikuli should copy from Region(20,168,447,38)

maximize this question page and scroll to top and make it the frontmost

try this script as is

dir = "http://its-me-raiman.de/sikuli/images/"
sik = dir+"sikuli-logo-lp.png"
m=find(sik).below(42).left(1).right(600)
m.highlight(3)
print m.text()

if it works, there should be in the message area afterwards:
How to Copy text from a regions

Hope it helps to understand

the sikuli logo image is loaded from the web at
http://its-me-raiman.de/sikuli/images/sikuli-logo-lp.png

If you get a FindFailed, you have to capture the logo on your machine and replace in find(sik) sik with your capture.

Thank you :-) Okay, it worked, But It doesn't Highlight the whole "HOW" instead the it starts highlights just the -|, It's hard to explain, Here's a screenshot :- http://k.min.us/idDlk8.bmp

I tried changing the value of Left() to 0.5 and even -100, but it won't move it.
Also how did you get those values of below() left() right()?

OK, this is some rendering difference between our 2 browsers (mine: Safari on Mac).

you might easily adjust this by adding a correction for the x coordinate of m:

m=find(sik).below(42).left(1).right(600)
m.x = m.x - 10
m.highlight(3)

or you might insert another left():
m=find(sik).below(42).left(10).left(1).right(600)

--- I tried changing the value of Left() to 0.5 and even -100, but it won't move it.
Sorry, the left(1) is a hack. same goes for the use of above(1) ;-)

the goal is to get a region of hight 42 and a width of 600 below the match of the sikuli logo.

you might do it this way:

s = find(sik)
m = Region(m.x-10, m.y+m.h, 600, 42)

I prefer the above notation, since it is more readable.

m=find(sik).below(42).left(10).left(1).right(600)

in words: find the sikuli logo and then make a region below the sikuli logo with height 42 and then make a region left of this with the same height and width 10 (this adjusts the left border) and then make a region left of this with the same height and width 1 (I take a 1 as width to "show" it is the hack, this finally positions the left border reference) and then make a region right of this with the same height and a width of 600.

--- Also how did you get those values of below() left() right()?
Try and error or a screen shot tool, that shows coordinates.
see faq 1686

Sorry, correction:

you might do it this way:

s = find(sik)
m = Region(s.x-10, s.y+s.h, 600, 42)

Thank you ! :)
It worked, but Sikuli's Ocr read it as "Howto Copy text from a regions?", and tried on many others too.
Always read the incorrect :(

Isn't there any copy command in sikuli?

By which we can simply copy the Text in the region, I think maybe somehow highlight with mouse click, move to right, key.type(Ctrl, "v"). be the only way to get the same text?

So I want to
Double click on the region (So it highlights) > Press Shift key then press Down key to select the whole line > Press Ctrl v to copy.

Code :
doubleClick(Region(397,524,14,18))
type(Key.SHIFT+Key.DOWN)

it's doesn't highlights the whole line. I see
"[log] DOUBLE CLICK on (404,533)
[log] TYPE ""

In the message bar for the following. :(

Great That's Awesome Script. (must've took alot of time to write) :D
It fine, except of the region was not right, maybe because I'm taking screenshot of the sikuli logo, As I cannot use the one from your website.
I got idea to it, Thanks alot for your time, RaiMan :))

Thanks RaiMan, that solved my question.