Going backwards with regex

Hey,

I don't know regex but would like to learn.

I want to pattern match the following in php...

A name which can be in the format....

abc/123456789@home
abc/xyz/123456789@192.168.0.1
123/abc/xyz/123456789@192.168.0.1

I want to get the long number in the middle which will always be between the last / and the @

Because I don't know how many '/'s there will be, is it possible to look backwards in regex to find the @ and then the / and then select the part in between?

Start with something like:

?<=@[0-9]

That's a wild guess! I hope you guys can help me out!

Although learning regex would be better by starting with some basic tutorials, here's a demo:

Right, you don't need lookarounds for this, just anchor to the end of the string.

Also, if your "big number" contains things that are NOT numbers, the above regex won't work. Calling "abc123" a "number" is a common mistake around here.

-Dan