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PROGRAMMING CHALLENGES

Country Shortener Challenge

Difficulty:

1 Easy

1.4 String Manipulation

Topic:

Create a program where the user inputs the names of two countries. The program will output the first four letters of each country name in uppercase, separated by a hyphen.

Inputs: Two country names. Outputs: First four letters of each country in uppercase. Processes: String slicing and manipulation. Variables: country1, country2, short_country1, short_country2, result.

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