#include <iostream>
//#include <string>

using namespace std;

string firstName, middleName, lastName;
string fullName;

// This assignment is worth 5 points.
// -0.5 for making the substrings much longer than needed.
// Lazy coding is something you should avoid if you can.

int main()
{
	cout << "Enter full name: ";
	cin >> firstName >> middleName >> lastName;
	
	fullName = firstName + middleName + lastName;
	cout << "This name has " << fullName.length() << " letters." << endl;

	cout << firstName.substr(0,1)
	     << middleName.substr(0,1)
	     << lastName.substr(0,1) << endl;

	cout << firstName.substr(firstName.length()/2, 
			firstName.length() - firstName.length()/2)
	     << middleName.substr(middleName.length()/2,
			middleName.length() - middleName.length()/2)
	     << lastName.substr(lastName.length()/2, 
			lastName.length() - lastName.length()/2) << endl;
	/* 
	   If you do length() - length()/2, the code autocorrects the string
	   length for both odd and even numbered character strings to always
	   get the correct length in this application. Similarly, you can also
	   use length()/2 + length()%2 to accomplish the same thing. Formula
	   length()/2 + 1 comes close, but misses the mark half the time.
	*/

	return 0;
}