how to get variable text from browser

From	Joe Pizzanley <pizzazjoe@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.ruby
Subject	how to get variable text from browser
Date	2011-05-03 12:14 -0500
Organization	Service de news de lacave.net
Message-ID	<2c12d0a1cc624f5eefefe34ad6a18613@ruby-forum.com> (permalink)

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The browser page I'm working with has a semi-variable text group: "Files
(12)"

I want to turn that into a variable in my Ruby script: myfiles = "Files
(12)"

I surprised myself and figured out the regex to account for the changing
count: Files \(\d{0,999}\) but how do I grab it off of the browser
page?

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how to get variable text from browser Joe Pizzanley <pizzazjoe@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-03 12:14 -0500
  Re: how to get variable text from browser Jesús Gabriel y Galán <jgabrielygalan@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 12:24 -0500
    Re: how to get variable text from browser Joe Pizzanley <pizzazjoe@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-03 12:36 -0500
      Re: how to get variable text from browser Jesús Gabriel y Galán <jgabrielygalan@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 12:48 -0500
        Re: how to get variable text from browser Joe Pizzanley <pizzazjoe@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-03 12:58 -0500
          Re: how to get variable text from browser Jesús Gabriel y Galán <jgabrielygalan@gmail.com> - 2011-05-04 02:03 -0500

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