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@abstract arrow

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[dapper wraith]

!code

[timid cypress]

Formatting code on Discord

Here's how to format Python code on Discord:

```py
print('Hello world!')
```

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[dapper wraith]

as told

[abstract arrow]

how do i do that

[spring tiger]

npty wants you to paste in what code you have so far, between ```py and ``` code fence lines.

[boreal trench]

you also used wrong symbols

that's a backtick `

not a quote '

[dapper wraith]

You put the link that generated if you used pastebin

[spring tiger]

Yes, sorry, fixed. Just keyboard brain off moment.

[abstract arrow]

my bad guys this is my first time doing this

there we go

[spring tiger]

Ta.

So, what do you need to know?

[abstract arrow]

ok so i know some of the basics not all of them

[dapper wraith]

first, do you know how to split according to space?

[abstract arrow]

idk how to split the names so i recieve only the initials

[dapper wraith]

follow me step by step

[abstract arrow]

ok

[spring tiger]

That takes 2 steps: split the string up, and then take the first character from each substring.

[dapper wraith]

do you know how to do this

[abstract arrow]

no

[spring tiger]

!doc str.split

[timid cypress]

str.split

str.split(sep=None, maxsplit=-1)```
Return a list of the words in the string, using *sep* as the delimiter string. If *maxsplit* is given, at most *maxsplit* splits are done (thus, the list will have at most `maxsplit+1` elements). If *maxsplit* is not specified or `-1`, then there is no limit on the number of splits (all possible splits are made).

If *sep* is given, consecutive delimiters are not grouped together and are deemed to delimit empty strings (for example, `'1,,2'.split(',')` returns `['1', '', '2']`). The *sep* argument may consist of multiple characters as a single delimiter (to split with multiple delimiters, use [`re.split()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#re.split)). Splitting an empty string with a specified separator returns `['']`.

For example:

[spring tiger]

Your full_name variable contains a string, so it has a .split() method (because it's a string, type str).

[abstract arrow]

ok im following

[dapper wraith]

so, what would you do after reading that?

[spring tiger]

Got an interactive prompt handy? The >>> prompt for Python's interactive mode?

[abstract arrow]

after every first letter split it from the rest? right?

[dapper wraith]

you split the entire input to a list of word, and get the initial for each item from the list

[abstract arrow]

oh ok

so im splitting each name individually right

[dapper wraith]

you learn this on how to seperate a string to a list of sub-string

[abstract arrow]

no i didnt

i don't think the textbook went over that

so im kind of lost on that part

[dapper wraith]

we on't know what you learnt

but we just taught you this

we couldn't guess what you have learnt

[abstract arrow]

so after each space am i splitting the names up?

[dapper wraith]

you either tell us what you have learn, or we would suggest you to use that that we have taught you

[abstract arrow]

for example if i were to use this would it work py name_parts = full_name.split()

[dapper wraith]

yes

[abstract arrow]

oh ok ok

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