How to select between brackets (or quotes or …) in Vim?

Question

I\'m sure there used to be a plugin for this kinda stuff, but now that I need it, I can\'t seem to find it (naturally), so I\'ll just ask nice and simple.

What is th

Answer 1

I would add a detail to the most voted answer:

If you're using gvim and want to copy to the clipboard, use

"+

To copy all the content between brackets (or parens or curly brackets)

For example: "+yi} will copy to the clipboard all the content between the curly brackets your cursor is.