Extract number from string in Ruby

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Published on 2010-04-14T20:31:30Z Indexed on 2010/04/14 20:33 UTC
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I'm using this code:

s = line.match( /ABCD(\d{4})/ ).values_at( 1 )[0]

To extract numbers from strings like:

ABCD1234
ABCD1235
ABCD1236

etc.

It works, but I wonder what other alternative I have to to this in Ruby?

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