From: "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2006-04-18T00:57:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Regular expression to parse out "host" part of URL string

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> [mailto:list-bounce@example.com] On Behalf Of Wes Gamble
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> Subject: Regular expression to parse out "host" part of URL string
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> All,
> 
> I am trying to write a regex to parse out the "host" part of 
> a potential 
> URL.

require 'uri'

URI.parse('http://www.cnn.com').host # www.cnn.com
URI.parse('http://www.cnn.com/').host # www.cnn.com
URI.parse('http://www.cnn.com/some/other/stuff').host # www.cnn.com

You'll have to prepend the 'http://' yourself.

Regards,

Dan