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intentionally-left-nil/first_initials.rb

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first_initials.rb
def first_initials(names)
names.reduce({}) do |letters, name|
first_letter = name[0]
if letters[first_letter] == nil
letters[first_letter] = 1
else
letters[first_letter] += 1
end
letters
end
end
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