How can I define a function that takes a list of first names and a list of last names and returns a list of the corresponding full names where the last name is initialized

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I need to define a function called initializeNames that takes a list of first names and a list of last names, and returns a list of the corresponding full names where the last name is initialized. Assume that the input lists lengths are equal.

Example:

Input -

firstNames = ['Albert', 'Isaac']

lastNames = ['Einstein', 'Newton']

Output - ['Albert E.', 'Isaac N.']
Apr 21, 2020 in Python by subi
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Hi@subl,

There is no pre-built function available to do your task I think. So, you have to create your own customize code according to your need. You can see this below code. It is created according to your example.

firstNames = ['Albert', 'Isaac']
lastNames = ['Einstein', 'Newton']
for i in firstNames:
    for j in lastNames:
        c.append(i+' '+j[0]+'.')    
d=[c[0],c[3]]

Hope this will give you some idea.

answered Apr 21, 2020 by MD
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Hey, @Subi,

Regarding your query, you can go through this process also, the code shown below:

str1= "albert einstein"
str2= "issac newton"

list1 =str1.split()[0].capitalize()
list2 =str1.split()[1].capitalize()

list3 =str2.split()[0].capitalize()
list4 =str2.split()[1].capitalize()

result1 =[]
result2 =[]

result1.append(list1)
result1.append(list2[0])
result2.append(list3)
result2.append(list4[0])

temp =" "
out=temp.join(result1)
put=temp.join(result2)
print(out, put)

I know its a bit lengthy process, but you will understand better. Capitalize function in python will always convert the first letter of any string into the upper-case.

 I hope this will help.

answered Apr 21, 2020 by Gitika
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