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  1. #include <stdio.h>
  2. #include <stdlib.h>
  3. #include <string.h>
  4.  
  5. #define LEN 200
  6.  
  7. void name_abbreviated (char name[]) {
  8. 	//printf("|%s|\n", name);
  9. 	char last_name[20];
  10. 	int j = 0, last_space_idx;
  11. 	for(int i = strlen(name) - 1; i >= 0; --i)
  12. 	{
  13. 		if(name[i] == ' ')
  14. 		{
  15. 			last_space_idx = i;
  16. 			while(name[i])
  17. 				last_name[j++] = name[++i];
  18. 			last_name[j] = '\0';
  19. 			break;
  20. 		}
  21. 	}
  22. 	//printf("|%s|\n", last_name);
  23. 	char rest_name[15];
  24. 	rest_name[0] = name[0];
  25. 	rest_name[1] = '.';
  26. 	rest_name[2] = ' ';
  27. 	j = 3;
  28. 	for(int i = 3; i < last_space_idx; ++i)
  29. 	{
  30. 		if(name[i] == ' ')
  31. 		{
  32. 			rest_name[j++] = name[i + 1];
  33. 			rest_name[j++] = '.';
  34. 			rest_name[j++] = ' ';
  35. 		}
  36. 	}
  37. 	rest_name[j - 1] = '\0';
  38. 	//printf("|%s|\n", rest_name);
  39. 	printf("%s, %s\n", last_name, rest_name);
  40. }
  41.  
  42. int main() {
  43.     char name[LEN];
  44.     printf("Type a full name : ");
  45.     fgets(name, LEN, stdin);
  46.     printf("\n");
  47.     name_abbreviated(name);
  48. }
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Edward Cantrell Cavender Davis
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Type a full name : 
Davis, E. C. C.
https://ideone.com/CusoJU
language:
C (gcc 8.3)
created:
6 years ago
visibility:
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