If I have the following words <pre class="prettyprint"><code>cat Oliver Louis </code></pre> and the cursor is on "c", I can copy up to the beginning of Louis with <code>y/Louis<CR></code> (where "CR" is the enter key), which will copy the string "cat Oliver ". Is there a way to copy the search term, "Louis", as well, for a copied string of "cat Oliver Louis"? Thanks in advance.

Use the <code>/e</code> modifier: <code>y/Louis/e<CR></code>. If you want to repeat the last search pattern, just leave it out: <code>y//e<CR></code>. <pre class="prettyprint"><code>:help search-offset </code></pre>

-- is there a way to copy up to a search term, _including_ the term?

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If I have the following words

cat Oliver Louis

and the cursor is on "c", I can copy up to the beginning of Louis with y/Louis<CR> (where "CR" is the enter key), which will copy the string "cat Oliver ".

Is there a way to copy the search term, "Louis", as well, for a copied string of "cat Oliver Louis"? Thanks in advance.