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>> ZAMYLA CHAN: In the
initials problem, we're

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going to prompt the user
for their name and then

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print the initials from that name.

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To prompt the user for the name,
we'll use the get_string function

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found in the CS 50 library.

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>> You're allowed to make
two assumptions-- one,

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that the string will be comprised
of only letters and spaces-- so

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no numbers, no other characters.

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You're also allowed to
assume that there's only

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going to be a single space
between letters, between names.

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>> So once you have that string, then
let's go to print the initials.

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In this example, say I
were to be a perfect user.

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Then I'd type in my name with
a capital Z and a capital C,

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with a single space in between.

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So your program would
calculate the first letter

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and then the first letter after
a space, and print out ZC.

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>> But for instance, say Mile
Banana is at the keyboard.

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Well, he might be a
little bit sloppier than I

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am and only type in lowercase
letters and include an extra space

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in front of his first name.

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But your program should
have the same exact output,

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with a capital MB without any spaces.

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>> Finally, whenever you've
determined the characters to print,

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make sure that you print them as
uppercase using the toupper function.

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>> My name is ZC, and this was initials.

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