Question

I have the following code:

phrase = raw_input ('Enter a phrase to get the Acronym for it: ')
phrase_up_split = phrase.upper().split()

Say the user enters American Medical Association. How can I print out the first letter of each word in the list?

Answer 1

for word in phrase_up_split:
print (word[0])

Answer 2

Damn I hate that I spent over an hour on this and it was so simple. Oh well. Thanks alot.

Answer 3

If you are using raw_input, that is 2.x, so it is not print (word[0]).... and you might want it to all be on one line. And you might want to strip the spacing.

>>> phrase = "American Medical Association"
>>> phrase_up_split = phrase.upper().split()
>>> for word in phrase_up_split: print word[0]

A
M
A

>>> for word in phrase_up_split: print word[0],

A M A

>>> temp=''
>>> for word in phrase_up_split: temp = temp + word[0]
>>> print temp

AMA

Answer 4

print('blah') works in 2,7,5

Answer 5

That's true. 2.7.x is transitional. The print function is available as well as the older way of printing. However, it also changes how to keep it on one line.

Answer 6

In 3.3.2:

>>> phrase = "American Medical Association"
>>> phrase_up_split = phrase.upper().split()
>>> for word in phrase_up_split: print(word[0])
...
A
M
A
>>> for word in phrase_up_split: print(word[0],end='')
...
AMA
>>>

In 2.7.2:
>>> for word in phrase_up_split: print(word[0],end='')
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>

Seems the print function is not fully implemented in 2.7.2....

Answer 7

As a side note, this is a great example of why they are changing print in 3.x. What I had to do to get AMA on one line and without extra spaces in 2.7.2 is a bit messy. It uses an extra variable for a bit. However, in 3.x, all that goes away.