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Copy from one register to another

Asked 2009-10-01T06:30:49.883
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How to copy the contents of one register to another without pasting on clipboard? I'd yanked one text and it got yanked in the default " register. Now I want to copy another text without deleting/overwriting " register. So I want to move the contents of " register to say some a or b register so that I can copy the new text inside ". How to do this?

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To copy or swap values between registers you can use the :let command, for example to copy the contents of the b register to a:

:let @a=@b

Or copy the contents of the " register to a:

:let @a=@"

Check this Vim Tip for some good key mapping suggestions:

answered 2009-10-01T06:41:08.160

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