From: "J. mp" Date: 2009-12-01T11:07:26+09:00 Subject: one more regular expression, please Hi, I really can't figure out how regular expressions work, and since I don't use them frequently is easier to ask... I have the follwow string ++((100))++askjasdjksjdkasdkjk++((200))++skdjsjd I need a reg expression that extracts only the first number inside the first ++(( ))++ and ignore the rest..., in this case I need to return 100 thanks -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.