Get an acronym from a string in C# using LINQ?

Question

Here is how I would write a function to make an acronym in Java style:

    string makeAcronym(string str)
    {
        string result = \"\";
        for (in         


        

Answer 1

You can do this quite nicely using a Regex/Linq combo:

String
    .Join("",
        Regex
            .Matches("this is a test",@"(?<=^| )\w")
            .Cast()
            .Select(m=>m.Value)
            .ToArray()
    )