print join '|', split /\s/, '         the  quick    brown    fox     jumps          '
|||||||||the||quick||||brown||||fox|||||jumps

print join '|', split /\s+/, '         the  quick    brown    fox     jumps          '
|the|quick|brown|fox|jumps

print join '|', split ' ', '         the  quick    brown    fox     jumps          '
the|quick|brown|fox|jumps