elisp - A quick way to repeatedly enter a variable name in Emacs? -

i typing in sort of code nth time:

menu.add_item(spamspamspam, "spamspamspam"); 

and i'm wondering if there's faster way it.

i'd behavior similar yasnippet's mirrors, except don't want create snippet: argument order varies project project , language language.

the thing that's constant variable name needs repeated several times on same line.

i'd type in

menu.add_item($,"") 

and point between quotes, call shortcut , start typing, , exit c-e.

this seems advantageous me, since there's 0 cursor movement. have idea of how this, i'm wondering if it's done, or if better/faster can done.

upd yasnippet way after all.

thanks thisirs answer. indeed yasnippet code had in mind:

(defun yas-one-line ()   (interactive)   (insert "$")   (let ((snippet           (replace-regexp-in-string            "\\$" "$1"           (substring-no-properties            (delete-and-extract-region             (line-beginning-position)             (line-end-position))))))     (yas/expand-snippet snippet))) 

but i'm still hoping see better/faster.

yasnippet can used create snippet on-the-fly:

(defun yas-one-line ()   (interactive)   (let ((snippet (delete-and-extract-region                   (line-beginning-position)                   (line-end-position))))     (yas-expand-snippet snippet))) 

now type:

menu.add_item($1,"$1") 

and call yas-one-line. above snippet expanded yasnippet!