Ruby - Get file contents with in a separator in an array

Question

I have a file like this:

some content

some oterh

*********************

useful1 text

useful3 text

*********************
some other content

How do I get the content of the file within between two stars line in an array. For example, on processing the above file the content of array should be like this

a=["useful1 text" , "useful2 text"]

Answer 1

A really hack solution is to split the lines on the stars, grab the middle part, and then split that, too:

content.split(/^*+$/)[1].split(/s+/).reject(&:empty?)
# => ["useful1","useful3"]