Regex matching 3rd word in a line?

[Joe Francia]

Ian Gil wrote:
> I'm looking to match the 3rd (or whatever) word in a line, where word
> can be anything that's not white space.
> 
> I'm not programming, but I'm using a program which says it uses python
> style regular expressions.
> 

This will match the third word in a line:

^(?:\S+\s){2}(\S+)

Change the "2" to "whatever - 1" to match a different word.

Peace,
Joe