From: Lee Jarvis <ljjarvis@...>
Date: 2007-12-07T01:03:42+09:00
Subject: Re: regular expression. newbie problem.

class Name
  def initialize(name)
    @fname, @mname, @sname = name.split
  end
  attr_reader :fname, :mname, :sname
  def initials
    "#{fname[0].chr}.#{mname[0].chr}.#{sname[0].chr}"
  end
end

a = Name.new("Lee John Jarvis")
p a.fname #=> 'Lee'
p a.mname #=> 'John'
p a.sname #=> 'Jarvis'
p a.initials #=> 'L.J.J'

Although you probably should use some regexp to handle extra ordinary 
middle names.

Or am I well off?

Regards,
Lee
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