How do I show only the first letters of a string?

Question

I\'m prompting the user to enter their first and last name but I can\'t figure out how to show just their first and last initials

import javax.swing.*;
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Answer 1

If you want to show a message box like you were doing before, this should work:

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, 
    "Your initials are " + firstName.substring(0, 1) + " " + lastName.substring(0, 1));