How to split a string with whitespace chars at the beginning?

Question

Quick example:

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String str = \"   a b\";
        String[] arr = str.split(\"\\\\s+\")         


        

Answer 1

Kind of a cheat, but replace:

String str = "   a b";

with

String[] arr = "   a b".trim().split("\\s+");