Is it possible to copy text to the clipboard in Illustrator via Javascript ?

I am working on a very basic script that exports coordinates from Illustrator.
At the moment I am just outputing the values via $.writeln()
I was wondering if I could copy the output values to the clipboard. If so, what
am I looking for in the API ?
Thanks,
George

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