Florian Gro<florgro / gmail.com> wrote: > Robert Klemme wrote: > >> host_name = /from\s+(\S+)\s+not/ =~ s && $1 > > Tsk, those Perl guys... ;) Ssshhh! I'm trying to get over my Perl heritage but sometimes it still haunts me... :-) > host_name[/from\s+(\S+)\s+not/, 1] # Will either return nil or a > String Thanks for reminding me - I always keep forgetting this variant, especially with the group selector! Kind regards robert