acronym
Category: Programming
Author: Stuart Reges
Book Chapter: 4.3
Problem: acronym
Write a static method called acronym that takes as
a parameter a String containing a phrase and that returns an acronym for
the phrase. For example, the following call:
acronym("self-contained underwater breathing apparatus")
should return "SCUBA". The acronym is formed by combining the capitalized
first letters of each word in the phrase. Words in the phrase will be
separated by some combination of dashes and spaces. There might be extra
spaces or dashes at the beginning or end of the phrase. The String will
not contain any characters other than dashes, spaces, and letters, and is
guaranteed to contain at least one word. Below are several sample calls.
Method Call Value Returned
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acronym(" automatic teller machine ") "ATM"
acronym("personal identification number") "PIN"
acronym("computer science") "CS"
acronym("merry-go-round") "MGR"
acronym("All my Children") "AMC"
acronym("Troubled Assets Relief Program") "TARP"
acronym("--quite-- confusing - punctuation-") "QCP"
acronym(" loner ") "L"