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Append to ragged lines: $A

Add the same text to the end of lines that all have different lengths.

?how it works

In block mode, A appends after the block's right edge on every line. That's exactly right when the edge lines up with something, like an aligned column.

Lines of code rarely end in the same column, though. Press $ while the block is selected and its right edge becomes "the end of each line", however long that line is. Now A appends at every line's real end:

<C-v>3j$A;<Esc>

That's the whole trick: <C-v>, pick the lines, $, A, type, <Esc>. The first line's column doesn't matter, because $ decides where the text goes.

Plain A without $ is the right tool when you want text inside the line, straight after an aligned column.

⌨keys

`<C-v>{move}$A{text}<Esc>`	append {text} to the end of every selected line
`<C-v>{move}A{text}<Esc>`	append {text} just after the block on every line
`$`	Visual block: stretch the block to the end of every line

3 drills

Semicolons everywhere: Add a ; to the end of the four statement lines using <C-v>, $ and A.
Only the lines that need it: Append the ending from the target to the four lines that need it using <C-v>, $ and A.
Append after an aligned column: Add the text from the target right after the aligned column on the four lines that change (not at the end of the line). Select the column as a block and use A.

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