ruby - acronym

ruby/acronym/README.md

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+# Acronym
+
+Convert a phrase to its acronym.
+
+Techies love their TLA (Three Letter Acronyms)!
+
+Help generate some jargon by writing a program that converts a long name
+like Portable Network Graphics to its acronym (PNG).
+
+* * * *
+
+For installation and learning resources, refer to the
+[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
+
+For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
+terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
+
+    gem install minitest
+
+If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
+the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
+the test file.
+
+Run the tests from the exercise directory using the following command:
+
+    ruby acronym_test.rb
+
+To include color from the command line:
+
+    ruby -r minitest/pride acronym_test.rb
+
+
+## Source
+
+Julien Vanier [https://github.com/monkbroc](https://github.com/monkbroc)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

ruby/acronym/acronym.rb

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+class Acronym
+  def self.abbreviate(long_name)
+    abbrev = ""
+    long_name.split(/[\W-]+/).each do |word|
+      abbrev += word[0]
+    end
+    abbrev.upcase
+  end
+end

ruby/acronym/acronym_test.rb

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+require 'minitest/autorun'
+require_relative 'acronym'
+
+# Common test data version: 1.4.0 dc9a5af
+class AcronymTest < Minitest::Test
+  def test_basic
+    # skip
+    assert_equal "PNG", Acronym.abbreviate('Portable Network Graphics')
+  end
+
+  def test_lowercase_words
+    # skip
+    assert_equal "ROR", Acronym.abbreviate('Ruby on Rails')
+  end
+
+  def test_punctuation
+    # skip
+    assert_equal "FIFO", Acronym.abbreviate('First In, First Out')
+  end
+
+  def test_all_caps_word
+    # skip
+    assert_equal "GIMP", Acronym.abbreviate('GNU Image Manipulation Program')
+  end
+
+  def test_punctuation_without_whitespace
+    # skip
+    assert_equal "CMOS", Acronym.abbreviate('Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor')
+  end
+
+  def test_very_long_abbreviation
+    # skip
+    assert_equal "ROTFLSHTMDCOALM", Acronym.abbreviate('Rolling On The Floor Laughing So Hard That My Dogs Came Over And Licked Me')
+  end
+end