How can I delete the current line in Emacs?

Question

What is the emacs equivalent of vi\'s dd? I want to delete the current line. Tried CTRL + k but it only deletes from current position.

Answer 1

Another method to delete the line without placing it into the kill ring:

(defun delete-current-line ()
  "Deletes the current line"
  (interactive)
  (delete-region
   (line-beginning-position)
   (line-end-position)))

This will leave the point at the beginning of a blank line. To get rid of this also, you may wish to add something like (delete-blank-lines) to the end of the function, as in this example, which is perhaps a little less intuitive:

(defun delete-current-line ()
 "Deletes the current line"
 (interactive)
 (forward-line 0)
 (delete-char (- (line-end-position) (point)))
 (delete-blank-lines))