Question

I searched a text file for all lines containing the word velcro. I now want to print the contents of those lines, but only the parts that follow velcro

say I have a line of text

the purple monkey climbs the velcro cactus

How would I print everything that comes after velcro (looking for general answer)

I started out with:

c = /.*velcro.*/

if (line ==~ c){
println ...
}

Answer 1

Use a capturing group in your regular expression:

c = ~/.*velcro(.*)/

m = line =~ c
if (m) {
    println m[0][1]
}