Split string and trim every element

Question

Is there any library API or regex pattern to split a String on some delimiter and automatically trim leading and trailing spaces from every element without having to loop the el

Answer 1

Edited to correct whitespace error that was pointed out by Marcus.

I think that the proper regex should be [\s]*#[\s]*:

str.split("[\\s]*#[\\s]*");

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