String output = ""; String[] a = name.split(" "); String s1 = ""; String s2 = ""; for (int i = 0; i < a.length -1; i++) { a[i] = a[i].substring(0,1); a[i] = a[i].toUpperCase(); a[i] = a[i] + ". "; output += a[i]; } a[a.length-1] = norm(a[a.length-1]); output += a[a.length-1]; return output;