title: Split string on whitespace in Python
body: <p>I'm looking for the Python equivalent of </p>
  
  <pre><code>String str = "many   fancy word \nhello    \thi";
  String whiteSpaceRegex = "\\s";
  String[] words = str.split(whiteSpaceRegex);
  
  ["many", "fancy", "word", "hello", "hi"]
  </code></pre>