Tim, hi

ok, awesome.
I think this works now -

"aygv<Esc>:let @* = substitute(@a, "\\_s\\+$", "", "")<CR>

thx so much!
-m

On Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 8:47:54 PM UTC-5, Tim Chase wrote:
>
> On 2020-01-15 17:29, M Kelly wrote: 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > In visual-line mode when I yank to the * register and then outside 
> > of vim paste - I am getting a newline at the end of the selection. 
> > This does not happen in visual block or char mode. 
> > Does anyone know of a way to load into * reg the same selection but 
> > have the last newline trimmed off ? 
> > ie something like: 
> > let @* = substitute(@a, "\(.*\)\\n/\1/", "", "") 
>
> Pretty sure you're 99% of the way there: 
>
>  let @+ = substitute(@a, '\n\+$', '', '') 
>
> If you want all potential trailing whitespace (spaces, tabs, and 
> newlines) 
>
>  let @+ = substitute(@a, '\_s\+$', '', '') 
>
> should do the trick. 
>
> -tim 
>
>
>
>

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