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Problem Statement for "VLNString"

Problem Statement

An acronym is a sequence of characters that is used to refer to something with a very long name. An acronym is generated from a long name by capitalizing the first letter of every word in the name and concatenating them together. There are three exceptions: the common words "and", "the", and "of" are ignored when generating the acronym. In this problem, a word is defined as one or more non-space characters preceded by either a space or the beginning of the string and followed by either a space or the end of the string. Write a class VLNString with a method makeAcronym that takes a String longName and returns a String with its acronym generated as described above.

Definition

Class:
VLNString
Method:
makeAcronym
Parameters:
String
Returns:
String
Method signature:
String makeAcronym(String longName)
(be sure your method is public)

Notes

  • longName may contain leading and trailing spaces, and there may be more than one space between words.
  • The return value may be an empty string.

Constraints

  • longName will contain between 1 and 50 characters, inclusive.
  • longName will contain only lowercase English letters ('a' to 'z') and space characters.

Examples

  1. "dance dance revolution"

    Returns: "DDR"

  2. " return of the king "

    Returns: "RK"

  3. "the united states of america"

    Returns: "USA"

  4. " of the and "

    Returns: ""

  5. "s p a m"

    Returns: "SPAM"

  6. "something and"

    Returns: "S"

  7. "oneword"

    Returns: "O"

  8. "of"

    Returns: ""

  9. "the"

    Returns: ""

  10. "and"

    Returns: ""

  11. " "

    Returns: ""

  12. "blahof blahand blahthe"

    Returns: "BBB"

  13. "theblah ofblah andblah something"

    Returns: "TOAS"

  14. "word blandah blofah bltheah "

    Returns: "WBBB"

  15. "omgbighugegiganticwordthingyofginormousdestruction"

    Returns: "O"

  16. " fweebf f of rzvq andlbtmk zjlq yeoddhg "

    Returns: "FFRAZY"

  17. " jkppa and hijjp sljv of the of of "

    Returns: "JHS"

  18. " surqlzkpn the esboqpdgu dbzz qpkisc and os"

    Returns: "SEDQO"

  19. "and the and and sipivzq geadketova xddbjbm"

    Returns: "SGX"

  20. " rekuhjspbg of and xvgj z the and an"

    Returns: "RXZA"

  21. " w iizcgfj nhwnitcxsis hicammgfj ythe and and"

    Returns: "WINHY"

  22. " slsljk andof of ckvifiwo zcihcnskbg and "

    Returns: "SACZ"

  23. "rnikdltuo fsoqui sdbmexbfhbuoq iax szollfq"

    Returns: "RFSIS"

  24. "qefw jmo of eec glqxnyseo andezstlof the"

    Returns: "QJEGA"

  25. " ofpdgdodpdok bdp oehnqooc swuomeivdryko "

    Returns: "OBOS"

  26. " p the ad hyfxlddpxl the k lxkntauoi"

    Returns: "PAHKL"

  27. " and hdcfwqvqsw bluldkm urfmxtq vtssdwykkc "

    Returns: "HBUV"

  28. "uhnikqrpl c czepogygaerpgh vgrmleand ofrzxvkydcy"

    Returns: "UCCVO"

  29. "khvc frzzzxkuro q lxaxpugnsl the slpdafrx h"

    Returns: "KFQLSH"

  30. " kd zxcyjesypg rka bkwh nvlawkbdfo kmucex"

    Returns: "KZRBNK"

  31. "ktzayeesj and jkcffgra pqztp gmdhhozu m of "

    Returns: "KJPGM"

  32. " apdqbxat xq of rgr and naand the palvm"

    Returns: "AXRNP"

  33. " the yunfgdl rfxygsgdws the of hrovn xrgg"

    Returns: "YRHX"

  34. "andy and wcdzwof ufg ddmrpkkj ywmck "

    Returns: "AWUDY"

  35. " zkf of hivggp shdu dhastzpofdzegzkbag zmvh"

    Returns: "ZHSDZ"

  36. " mlxohespzjbioufkef mbt and ymtirjn xl "

    Returns: "MMYX"

  37. " x qzqjizsae and xlakquqpi of andqmo of"

    Returns: "XQXA"

  38. " rgnqffhbl cyabkw gdoz jfdzqpjspu of r "

    Returns: "RCGJR"

  39. " fkiomof cwsjand dlvtheqdoskgselv brj bfragezs"

    Returns: "FCDBB"

  40. " hdrbidiqn ydhpkciabmf the lzwlcbmw dbg"

    Returns: "HYLD"

  41. "sualzwnkjq and czrrh xgand f j mc t"

    Returns: "SCXFJMT"

  42. " fqnsdldqvkd and theof cdkzfpaaa niicfogc"

    Returns: "FTCN"

  43. " of kjfzxaof and the and xluofzvplx ay"

    Returns: "KXA"

  44. " o mart nujxrjesvjywpqentexwngv the and the"

    Returns: "OMN"

  45. " of trbubll sszxiryy mgbqvsgozaubfibnoj and "

    Returns: "TSM"

  46. " tiohszjz the the ankyrr and cfnxcvhaaof t"

    Returns: "TACT"

  47. " of sjgagjnkauthe ycxjsthxjbezdu wmlwplyayx "

    Returns: "SYW"

  48. " lwje wgfprtcxb of qjhjtxkup zydytbahi "

    Returns: "LWQZ"

  49. " and phmymcamuy mrzo wnjejydhpqedthe of k"

    Returns: "PMWK"

  50. " yttthe ceu xcith the thethe fxqjry hgi"

    Returns: "YCXTFH"

  51. " jc gvg and nhkarc vzx and the oe"

    Returns: "JGNVO"

  52. " return of the king "

    Returns: "RK"

  53. "andf kol"

    Returns: "AK"

  54. "this is a very simple expample"

    Returns: "TIAVSE"

  55. " h and the world "

    Returns: "HW"

  56. " return of the king "

    Returns: "RK"

  57. "anda"

    Returns: "A"

  58. "dance dance revolution"

    Returns: "DDR"

  59. "af rata of w"

    Returns: "ARW"

  60. "title animal orange hair and the texas"

    Returns: "TAOHT"

  61. "thes ands offs"

    Returns: "TAO"

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