Daily Challenge #38 - Middle Name

Your challenge today is to initialize an individual's middle name (if there is any).

Example:
'Jack Ryan' => 'Jack Ryan'
'Lois Mary Lane' => 'Lois M. Lane'
'Dimitri' => 'Dimitri'
'Alice Betty Catherine Davis' => 'Alice B. C. Davis'

Good luck!

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Comments

[official_dulin]

JavaScript:

function initializeNames(name){
  const names = name.split(' ');
  if (names.length > 2) {
    return names.map((v, i) => {
      if (i === 0 || i === names.length-1) {
        return v;
      }
      return v[0].toUpperCase() + '.';
    }).join(' ');
  }
  return name;
}

[peter279k]

Here is the simple solution with Python:

def initialize_names(name):
    name_array = name.split(' ')

    if len(name_array) == 2 or len(name_array) == 1:
        return name

    result = name_array[0] + " "
    name_index = 1
    while name_index <= len(name_array)-2:
        result += name_array[name_index][0] + ". "
        name_index += 1

    result += name_array[-1]

    return result

[Mat-R-Such]

Python

def initialize_names(name):
    name= name.split(' ')
    if len(name) <=2:   return ' '.join(name)
    new_name=[]
    for i in range(len(name)):
        if i != 0 and i != (len(name)-1):    new_name.append(name[i][0]+'.')
        else:   new_name.append(name[i])
    return ' '.join(new_name)

[K.V.Harish]

My solution in js

const initialize = (fullname) => fullname.split(' ').map((name, index, names) => (index === 0 || index === names.length - 1) ? name : `${name[0]}.`).join(' ');

[Theo]

Python.

I had two attempts at this, my first was only for full names up to three words but after realising I needed to expand the program to work on more I rewrote the program. Both and posted below and annotated.

First attempt

def initialize(full_name):
  names = full_name.split()
  num_names = len(names)
  if num_names == 3:
    Middle_initial = names[1]
    print(names[0],Middle_initial[0],".",names[2])
  elif num_names <=2:
    print(names[0],names[1])
  else:
    print("Compatability for names of 4 or more has not been added.")
full_name = input("Full Name: ")
if not full_name == "":
  initialize(full_name)

Second Attempt

def initialize(full_name):
  start = 1
  names = full_name.split()
  num_names = len(names)
  if num_names >= 3:
    answer = ""
    change = num_names-1
    while not start == change:
      a = names[start]
      a = a[0]
      start = start + 1
      answer = answer + a.upper() + "."
    print(names[0],answer,names[num_names-1])
  else: print(full_name)
full_name = input("Full Name: ")
if not full_name == "":
  initialize(full_name)

I wasn't too happy on the result,
Any pointers on how to I could improve my code would be great!

[Theo]

But ey it works,

Python 3.7.4 (default, Jul  9 2019, 00:06:43)
[GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linux
Full Name: Ben Dark Aye Daggity do yee Dover
Ben D.A.D.D.Y. Dover

😁..I am uh, very, mature.

[Miguel Ángel Sánchez Chordi]

PHP Solution

<?php

 $fullName = $argv[1];
 $components = explode(' ', $fullName);
 for ($i=1; $i<= count($components) - 2; $i++) {
     $components[$i] = strtoupper($components[$i][0]) . '.';
 }

 echo implode (' ', $components);

[Héctor Pascual]

Python :

def middle_name(full_name):
    names = full_name.split(' ')
    return ''.join([name + ' ' if i == 0 or i == len(names)-1 else name[0]+'. ' for i, name in enumerate(names)])

[Theo]

Nice,
Here's my Python solutions!
dev.to/teotcd/comment/e6fl

[ShiroiHana013]

def initializeName(name: str):
    name = name.split(" ")
    if (len(name) >= 3):
        #loop from first name to last name.
        for i in range(1, len(name)-1):
            name[i] = name[i][0] + "."
    name = ' '.join(name)
    return name

[Seiei Miyagi]

ruby <3

def initialize_middle_name(n)
  n.split.then { |f, *mid, l| [f, *mid.map { @1.upcase[0] + ?. }, *l].join ' ' }
end

[Devendra Dhanal]

const initializeMiddleNames = (name) => {
    const nameArr = name.split(' ')
    for (let index = 1; index < nameArr.length -1; index++) {
        nameArr[index] = `${nameArr[index].substring(0, 1)}.`;
    }
    return nameArr.join(' ') 
}


initializeMiddleNames('Jack Ryan') // Jack Ryan
initializeMiddleNames('Lois Mary Lane') // Lois M. Lane
initializeMiddleNames('Dimitri') // Dimitri
initializeMiddleNames('Alice Betty Catherine Davis') // Alice B. C. Davis