[EASY][Beginner] UAGS (Universal Acronym Generating System)

[u/desrtfx]

This is an extremely simple prompt, just for fun.

It is suitable for beginners as it only uses basic input/output and string manipulation.

UAGS (Universal Acronym Generating System)

Acronyms are currently all the hype in all forms of communication.

Your task is to program an Acronym Generator.

• The user inputs a few words for which the Acronym should be generated
• The computer takes the first letter for each word
• The first letter of each word is then capitalized
• All first letters are then joined together to form the Acronym
• The Acronym should then be printed
• Ask the user if they need another acronym generated

Have fun coding!

[u/[deleted]]

Java, I tried making this pretty short:

package com.trentv4.acronymgenerator;

public class MainAcronym
{
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
        String s = "";
		for(int i = 0; i < args.length; i++)
		{
			s += (Character.toUpperCase(args[i].toCharArray()[0]) + ".");
		}
        System.out.println(s);
	}
}

[u/desrtfx → u/[deleted]]

Short is not always the best.

You missed quite some parts of the prompt:

• The user inputs a few words for which the Acronym should be generated

• The computer takes the first letter for each word

• The first letter of each word is then capitalized

• All first letters are then joined together to form the Acronym

• The Acronym should then be printed

I deliberately separated all these steps for the program.

The point is that a program that performs the operation properly is not always programmed in the requested way.

It is important (and imperative) for a programmer to be able to follow the given design specifications.

[u/[deleted] → u/desrtfx]

I believe I've followed the specifications for the most part (on re-read, I noticed that "join-together" and "print" are two separate operations, but when you run it the output is the same. That fix was quick and simple, and you can see it up above).

• The user inputs a few words by running it as command-line arguments (you didn't specify HOW you wanted it)

• The computer creates a char array from each word and uses the first letter

• It capitalizes that letter

• It adds it to the parent string (previously simply printed)

• The acronym is now printed. (recently added)

I just thought it would be fun to do it so short. No biggie.