Copy a line of text without the LF

[Meino Christian Cramer]

Hi,

 I am using vim 7.0.42 on a Linux system.
 
 I want copy a complete line of text *without+ the final LF at the
 end, so it is possible to insert it elsewhere in the midth of text.

 With

                Shift-V

 I get the line *with* the LF at the end -- so I can not use that.

 With

                y/<last character of the line><RET>

 I get the line without the LF but the last character is also missing.

 With
 
        y/$<RET>

 I get the line without the LF but the last character is missing again.


           :set selection<RET>
 

 gives me the default ("inclusive").


 What did I wrong ?

 Kind regards,
 mcc