Splitting a string with multiple spaces

Question

I want to split a string like

\"first     middle  last\" 

with String.split(). But when i try to split it I get

Answer 1

if you have a string like

String s = "This is a test string  This is the next part    This is the third part";

and want to get an array like

String[] sArray = { "This is a test string", "This is the next part", "This is the third part" }

you should try

String[] sArray = s.split("\\s{2,}");

The {2,} part defines that at least 2 and up to almost infinity whitespace characters are needed for the split to occur.