python acronym output

[betty kaiman]

I am trying to output an acronym in python. I keep getting a syntax error on the first line and can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated. I'm a newbie to programming.

#A Program to Display an Acronym
#By Betty Kaiman
 
def acronym_phrase():
    phrase = (input("Give a phrase: ")
    words = phrase.split()
    acronym = ""
        for ch in phrase":
        print ("Character:", ch)
    for words in phrase.split[';'0,13,21,28]
              for ch in phrase.split[0]
    print ("The acronym is", acronym)
 
acronym_phrase

[bvdet]

You are missing a parenthesis at the end of the line.

[dwblas]

Do you want the variable "words" to be
words = phrase.split()
or
for words in phrase.split[';'0,13,21,28]
Start with this

def acronym_phrase():
    phrase = input("Give a phrase: ")
    words = phrase.split()
    for each_word in words:
        print each_word[0], each_word
acronym_phrase() 

[Smygis]

def acronymPhrase(phrase):
 
    return "".join([x[0] for x in phrase.split()])
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
 
    print (acronymPhrase(raw_input("Give a phrase: ")))

Give a phrase: I Am A Little Bee
IAALB
>>> 

Not sure what "for words in phrase.split[';'0,13,21,28]" does.