How do you retrieve a register's contents in Vimscript?

Q: How do you retrieve a register's contents in Vimscript?

`:echo getreg('a')` Use `getreg('a')` to get the contents of register `a` as a string. Useful in scripts and mappings that need to process register contents.

Answer

:echo getreg('a')

Explanation

Use getreg('a') to get the contents of register a as a string. Useful in scripts and mappings that need to process register contents.

category: registers tags: #registers #getreg #function

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