vim - how do I yank to register inside a function?
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vim - how do I yank to register inside a function?
I am perplexed how to use the registers from inside a function. For example, if I want to yank the current word to register "k", from inside vim, I would use the command/keystrokes
"kyw
But this does not work from inside a function: " starts a comment:
"
function MyFunction()
"kyw
"^^^ does not work because it is a comment...
let @k="I can set register k directly to text..."
" but that's not the same
yank k "I can yank an entire line, but still not the same
endfunction
Is there a way to do this without changing the comment option (would that even work?) Thanks; I have been hitting my head against this for an entire day.
1 Answer
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Use either
:normal! "kyw
:let @k = expand('<cword>')
As it turns out, using variables was easy. Thanks for answering this tho - I was sure there was a way to do it, but couldn't find anything!
– Peter Kay
Jan 6 at 18:53
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Thank you! I have already started looking into whether I can accomplish the same goals with variables; I will perhaps see if it's possible to do it that way and prefer to do it.
– Peter Kay
Jan 6 at 5:15