people = ['Dr. Christopher Brooks', 'Dr. Kevyn Collins-Thompson', 'Dr. VG Vinod Vydiswaran', 'Dr. Daniel Romero']
def split_title_and_name(person):
return person[0]+' '+person[-1]
list(map(split_title_and_name, [person.split(' ') for person in people]))people = ['Dr. Christopher Brooks', 'Dr. Kevyn Collins-Thompson', 'Dr. VG Vinod Vydiswaran', 'Dr. Daniel Romero']
def split_title_and_name(person):
title = person.split()[0]
lastname = person.split()[-1]
return '{} {}'.format(title, lastname)
list(map(split_title_and_name, people))