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abbreviate strings in elixir
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Elixir - abbrev function
defmodule Acronym do
def abbrev(string) do
string
|> String.split(" ")
|> Enum.map(fn(x) -> hd(String.codepoints(x)) end)
|> Enum.map(fn(x) -> String.upcase(x) end)
end
def abbrev2(string) do
string
|> String.split(" ")
|> Enum.reduce([], fn(x, acc) -> [x |> String.codepoints() |> hd() | acc] end)
end
end
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