Re: yanking from a different line

On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 12:58:20 PM UTC+5:30, Christian Brabandt wrote:
> The Ex command :yank takes an optional argument of the register, so use
> :5y a
> to yank line 5 into register a.
>
> You can even do:
> :5y a 10
> to copy the following 10 lines (e.g. lines 5-14) into register a
>
> regards,
> Christian


Thanks, works great!

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