Extracts Initials from any name that can be written in Latin letters

initials-maker.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

# Initials Maker v.1.0
# by Dimitar D. Mitov
# https://github.com/ddmitov

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# Homework for the 'Introduction to Python' course by
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# 2020-05-27 - 2020-06-17

import re


def main():
    user_input = raw_input('Please, enter your name: ')

    names = user_input.split()
    initials = ''

    for name in names:
        if re.match('^([A-Z]){1,1}', name):
            initial = re.findall('^([A-Z]){1,1}', name)[0]
            initials = initials + initial + '.'

    print(initials)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()