Acronym

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Convert a long phrase to its acronym.

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Source: Exercism clojure/acronym

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(ns acronym)

(defn acronym [long-name]
  (->> (re-seq #"[A-Z]+[a-z]*|[a-z]+" long-name)
       (map first)
       (apply str)
       clojure.string/upper-case))


  ;; idea: compare characters to upper-cased version of characters