Split and trim a string containing any combination of tabs and spaces into trimmed words

scratch_2.go

ackage main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	str := "When not ok\t, val\tis 0"
	fmt.Printf("%q\n", SplitAndTrim(str))
}

// Split string containing any combination of tabs and spaces into trimmed words
func SplitAndTrim(instr string) []string {
	out := []string{}
	for _, tab_chunk := range strings.Split(instr, "\t") {
		for _, word := range strings.Split(tab_chunk, " ") {
			out = append(out, strings.TrimSpace(word))
		}
	}
	return out
}