Thread: Need basic String help

This is basic stuff, but I'm stuck, and inexperienced. I'm working w/ Scanner and I made a string to scan the full name of a user.

import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class ThreeNamesNextLine
{
	public static void main (String [] args)
	{
	Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
 
	System.out.print("Please enter your name: ");
	String fullName = scan.nextLine();

I need to break the string down to acquire the first initials of the user when he/she enters their first, middle, and last names (there is a space between each name). So far this is what I have, which gives me the first and middle initials, how do I get the last?

        String middleInitial;
	String lastInitial;
	String firstLetter = fullName.substring(0,1); // for the first initial
        String lookFor = " ";
	int space1; // indicates first space after first name is entered
 
	space1 = fullName.indexOf( lookFor );
	middleInitial = fullName.substring(space1 +1);
 
	String realMiddleInitial; // don't know how to shortcut this so I had to make a new String
	realMiddleInitial = middleInitial.substring(0,1);
 
        firstLetter = firstLetter.toUpperCase();
	realMiddleInitial = realMiddleInitial.toUpperCase();

It's ugly yeah, but yet again, I'm new. Thanks in advance for the help.