How could you format a full name into just initials? (X.X.X.)

Question

I'm trying to turn a full name into just the initials from one string. My logic is to capitalize all the names in the string, break the string by the spaces into a list, then select the first character of each index, then join the characters into a single string divided by periods.

I'm having trouble with this and not sure if there's a better way.

Here's my current progress:

def main():
    fstn= input("Enter your full name:")

    fstn=fstn.title()
    fstn= fstn.split(" ")
    for i in fstn:
        fstn= i[0]
        print(fstn)


main()

This prints out each initial on a different line, how would i finish this?

Possible duplicate of [How to print without newline or space?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/493386/how-to-print-without-newline-or-space) — Kevin, Oct 13 '17 at 15:51

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 13 '17 at 15:58

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def main():
    fstn= input("Enter your full name:")
    print ('.'.join(word[0] for word in fstn.split(" ")).upper()) #for python 3


main()

edited Oct 13 '17 at 15:58

scharette

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answered Oct 13 '17 at 15:52

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 13 '17 at 15:51

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Hi check this example out,

def main():
    fstn= input("Enter your full name:")
    fstn=fstn.title()
    fstn= fstn.split(" ")
    out_str = ""
    for i in fstn:
        out_str = out_str + i[0] + "."
    print(out_str)

main()

answered Oct 13 '17 at 15:51

Stack

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That works perfectly, the only issue is that I need to separate the initials with a period. So if I understand correctly, you initialized the out string, so it was updated every iteration of the loop, correct? Thanks for the help. – Marcus Colin Harvison Oct 13 '17 at 15:54
i just added it, check again @MarcusColinHarvison – Stack Oct 13 '17 at 15:54
Ohh I should've been able figured that one out by myself. Regardless thanks for your help, this is my first language so it's a challenge to learn how to do these things! – Marcus Colin Harvison Oct 13 '17 at 15:56
Will do, in 5 minutes when it allows me. :/ – Marcus Colin Harvison Oct 13 '17 at 15:58

How could you format a full name into just initials? (X.X.X.)

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