From: "Florian Groß" Date: 2005-08-12T12:39:33+09:00 Subject: Re: Regular Expression question tuyet.ctn@mscibarra.com wrote: > How do I extract CYZ-EdEi8QBzG2f3m7prHw99 from the sessionId text > below. [...] > > neae/Analysis/home?common.sessionId=CYZ-EdEi8QBzG2f3m7prHw99" Others suggested more complex ways, but String#[] can take a capture counter with Regexps: sid = input[/sessionId=([-\w]+)/, 1]