Extract a substring from a string in Ruby using a regular expression

Question

How can I extract a substring from within a string in Ruby?

Example:

String1 = \" \"

I want to extract

Answer 1

You can use a regular expression for that pretty easily…

Allowing spaces around the word (but not keeping them):

str.match(/< ?([^>]+) ?>\Z/)[1]

Or without the spaces allowed:

str.match(/<([^>]+)>\Z/)[1]