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Lesson 12. Capstone project: name mashup

After reading lesson 12, you’ll be able to

• Write code to solve a programming task
• Read requirements for a program
• Get input from the user for two first and last names, mash them up (combine them in some way), and show the user the result
• Systematically build up code to write program solutions

  The problem

  This is your first interactive programming task, so let’s have some fun with the user! You want to write a program that automatically combines two names given by the user. That’s an open-ended problem statement, so let’s add a few more details and restrictions:

  • Tell the user to give you two names in the format FIRST LAST.
  • Show the user two possible new names in the format FIRST ...