yanking lines from a buffer that isn't the active one

Question

Let's say there are two loaded buffers/files and they are both displayed via split windows, line numbers are enabled and thus known. Is there a way to stay in one buffer, specify a line of the other buffer and yank it so it can be put into the active buffer?

Accepted Answer

```
:let @0 = join(getbufline('#', 42), "
") . "
"
```

(Replace `#` with the name of the other buffer and `42` with the line number within the other buffer.)

yanking lines from a buffer that isn't the active one

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