Re: Copy the matched substring only with :g

"BPJ" <bpj@melroch.se>:
> Is there any way when using :g to copy the matched substring only?
>
> I want to find all lines with CamelCase words and copy those
> words to the bottom of the buffer.
>
> :g/\a*\l\U\a*/t$
>
> copies the whole line, but I want to get the part of the line
> matching the pattern.

Quick solution:

g/\a*\(\l\u\|\u\l\)\a*/call setline(line('$')+1, matchstr(getline('.'), '\a*\(\l\u\|\u\l\)\a*'))

Notes:
- I've replaced \U with \u, since \U means [^A-Z].
- I've replaced \l\u with \(\l\u\|\u\l\), otherwise words starting with an
uppercase letter won't be found.

Best,
Paul

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