java - How do I split a string with any whitespace chars as delimiters? -

what regex pattern need pass java.lang.string.split() method split string array of substrings using whitespace characters (' ', '\t', '\n', etc.) delimiters?

something in lines of

mystring.split("\\s+"); 

this groups white spaces delimiter.

so if have string:

"hello[space][tab]world"

this should yield strings "hello" , "world" , omit empty space between [space] , [tab].

as vonc pointed out, backslash should escaped, because java first try escape string special character, , send that parsed. want, literal "\s", means, need pass "\\s". can bit confusing.

the \\s equivalent [ \\t\\n\\x0b\\f\\r]