public class FamilyName implements Comparable {

    private String origN;

    public FamilyName(String nameString) {

        this.origN = nameString;

        this.origN.trim(); //correction: this line will not do what was intended.
		//it should be:  this.origN = this.origN.trim();
		//or better yet, combining the two statements: this.origN = nameString.trim();

   }

   public String getName() {return origN;}

   /** Implement the method required */

    //taken from CharGenerator.java
    public static boolean isEnglishUpperCase(char c) {
        if (c <= 'Z' && c >= 'A') {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
        //end isEnglishUpperCase
    }

    String normalize(String s){
	s = s.toUpperCase();
	String retStr = "";
	int c = 0;
	if( (s.length() >= 2) && (s.charAt(0) == 'M') && (s.charAt(1) == 'C') ){
	    retStr = "MAC";
	    c= 2;
	}
	for( ; c<s.length(); c++ ){
	    if(isEnglishUpperCase(s.charAt(c))){
		retStr += s.charAt(c);
	    }
	}
	return retStr;
    }

    public int compareTo(Object other){
	String s1 = normalize(origN);
	String s2 = normalize( ((FamilyName)other).origN);
	return s1.compareToIgnoreCase(s2);
    }
   
    public static void main(String args[]){
	FamilyName f1 = new FamilyName("McDonald");
	FamilyName f2 = new FamilyName("Maandy");
	System.out.println(f1.compareTo(f2));

	f2 = new FamilyName("Mandy");
	System.out.println(f1.compareTo(f2));    
    }

}