Match an acronym with it's full game name.

checkacronym.js

/*
    Created 2013 Triangle717
    <http://Triangle717.WordPress.com/>

    Please contact me at the address above if
    you use this script in any of your work. :)

*/

// Object containing the game names and acronyms
var gameNames = {"LR": "LEGO Racers",
              "LR1": "LEGO Racers",
              "LR2": "LEGO Racers 2",
              "LRR": "LEGO Rock Raiders",
              "DR": "Drome Racers",
              "SR": "LEGO Stunt Rally",
              "LL": "LEGO LEGOLAND",
              "AT": "LEGO Alpha Team",
              "LC": "LEGO Creator",
              "LCKK": "LEGO Creator Knights Kingdom",
              "LI": "LEGO Island",
              "LI1": "LEGO Island",
              "LI2": "LEGO Island 2",
              "IXS": "Island Xtreme Stunts",
              "RRU": "Rock Raiders United"
              };


function checkAcronym(text) {
    /* Get the name of the game the acronym `text` stands for */
    // Remove all whitespace from the input
    // FIXME: This would obviously be dropped if the code were to be implemented
    text = text.replace(/\s/g, "");

    for (var arcro in gameNames) {
        if (gameNames.hasOwnProperty(arcro)) {
            // Convert text to uppercase for incase-sensitive-ness
            if (text.toUpperCase() === arcro) {
                // The user's text matches the acronym
                // FIXME: Obviously this would be edited to display the hover-over tooltip for the fourm
                console.log(gameNames[arcro]);
                break; 
            }
        }
    }                  
};

// This example would obviously be no good if the were to be implemented
checkAcronym("D         R ");
checkAcronym("LR"); // returns LEGO Racers
checkAcronym("LR1"); // returns LEGO Racers
checkAcronym("LL"); // returns LEGO LEGOLAND
checkAcronym("IXS"); // returns Island Xtreme Stunts
checkAcronym("SR"); // returns Stunt Rally
checkAcronym("LR2"); // returns LEGO Racers 2
// Proves the script is case-insenstive 
checkAcronym("rru"); // returns Rock Raiders United

checkacronym.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""
    Created 2013 Triangle717
    <http://Triangle717.WordPress.com/>

    Please contact me at the address above if
    you use this script in any of your work. :)
"""

from __future__ import print_function

# Dictionary containing the game names and acronyms
game_names = {("LR", "LR1"): "LEGO Racers",
              "LR2": "LEGO Racers 2",
              "LRR": "LEGO Rock Raiders",
              "DR": "Drome Racers",
              "SR": "LEGO Stunt Rally",
              "LL": "LEGO LEGOLAND",
              "AT": "LEGO Alpha Team",
              "LC": "LEGO Creator",
              "LCKK": "LEGO Creator Knights Kingdom",
              "LI": "LEGO Island",
              "LI1": "LEGO Island",
              "LI2": "LEGO Island 2",
              "IXS": "Island Xtreme Stunts",
              "RRU": "Rock Raiders United"
              }


def checkAcronym(text):
    """Get the name of the game the acronym `text` stands for"""
    # Remove all whitespace from the input
    # FIXME: This would obviously be dropped if the code were to be implemented
    text = text.replace(" ", "")

    for arcro in game_names.keys():

       # There is only one acronym for the game
        if type(arcro) == str:
            # Convert text to uppercase for case-insensitive-ness
            if text.upper() == arcro:
            # The user's text matches the acronym
                print(game_names[arcro])
                break

        # There are multiple acronyms for the game
        else:
            # The acronyms are stored in a tuple, an uneditable array
            for multi_arcro in arcro:
                # The user's text matches the acronym
                if text.upper() == multi_arcro:
                    print(game_names[arcro])
                    break

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # This example would obviously be no good if the were to be implemented
    checkAcronym("D         R ")
    checkAcronym("LR") # returns LEGO Racers
    checkAcronym("LR1") # returns LEGO Racers
    checkAcronym("LL") # returns LEGO LEGOLAND
    checkAcronym("IXS") # returns Island Xtreme Stunts
    checkAcronym("SR") # returns Stunt Rally
    checkAcronym("LR2") # returns LEGO Racers 2
    # Proves the script is case-insenstive 
    checkAcronym("rru") # returns Rock Raiders United