Answers for "first word in a string in python"

select first word in string python

name = "Rick Sanchez"
first_name = name.split(' ').pop(0)
print(first_name)
#Output
'Rick'

#BONUS
#From strings in a list (using list comprehension)
names = ["Rick Sanchez", "Morty Smith", "Summer Smith", "Jerry Smith", "Beth Smith"]
first_names = [name.split(' ').pop(0) for name in names]
print(first_names)
#Output
['Rick', 'Morty', 'Summer', 'Jerry', 'Beth']

get first letter of each word in string python

def abbrevName(name):
    xs = (name)
    name_list = xs.split()
    # print(name_list)

    first = name_list[0][0]
    second = name_list[1][0]

    return(first.upper() + "." + second.upper())
answer = abbrevName("Ozzie Smith")
print(answer)