From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2005-08-12T13:41:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Regular Expression question


Florian Gro� wrote:
> 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]

Some may find this surprising:

puts input.split(/sessionId=(.*?)"/)[1]