Copy code

Located at the bottom of the Codecademy code editor , the “Copy to Clipboard” button saves your code to your computer’s pre-programmed clipboard.

command+C, command+v … these should work.

Where this can be bad, is when you are copying code that you don’t understand, or where the code is poor, or where there is a much better alternative solution than the code that you are pasting. Inside the same project: Copy and pasting in the same project is typically not a good idea .

It is never ok to copy and paste code from an open source project directly into your proprietary code . Don’t do it. Just don’t. Even if you’re on a tight deadline.