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+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 Canonical Ltd.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Authors: William Hua <william.hua@canonical.com>
+ */
+
+string? abbreviate (string? name) {
+	var index = 0;
+	unichar first;
+	unichar second;
+
+	if (name != null) {
+		if (((!) name).get_next_char (ref index, out first)) {
+			if (((!) name).get_next_char (ref index, out second)) {
+				return @"$((!) first.toupper ().to_string ())$((!) second.to_string ())";
+			} else {
+				return first.toupper ().to_string ();
+			}
+		} else {
+			return "";
+		}
+	} else {
+		return null;
+	}
+}