Function Name: acronym % Inputs (1): - (string) a 1xM string containing a phrase

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Function Name: acronym

% Inputs  (1): - (string) a 1xM string containing a phrase

% Outputs (1): - (string) A 1xN string containing an acronym of the given

%                         phrase

%

% Function Description:

%   Write a function called "acronym" that takes in a phrase and outputs

%   an acronym of the phrase.  The output should contain only the first

%   letter of every word and only if the first letter is capitalized.

%   There will always be a phrase, and the phrase can contain any number of

%   words.  The phrase will always produce a valid acronym.

%

%   Example:

%       input: 'Boy Scouts of America'

%       output: 'BSA'

%

%   Note:

%       You must use logical indexing to solve this problem.  

%

%

% Test Cases:

%   out1 = acronym('Game of Thrones');

%        => 'GT'

%

%   out2 = acronym('You Obviously Like Owls');

%        => 'YOLO'

%

%   out3 = acronym('Time And Relative Dimension In Space');

%        => 'TARDIS'

Explanation / Answer

public class acronym {

public static void main(String[] args) {

Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);

String str = s.nextLine();

String str1[] = str.split(" ");

for (int i = 0; i < str1.length; i++) {

if (Character.isAlphabetic(str1[i].charAt(0))) {

if (Character.isUpperCase(str1[i].charAt(0))) {

System.out.print(str1[i].charAt(0));

}

}

}

}

}

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