code: def equate_initial(name1, name2):
      
      if len(name1) == 0 or len(name2) == 0:
          return False
  
      if len(name1) == 1 or len(name2) == 1:
          return name1[0] == name2[0]
  
      return name1 == name2
docs: Evaluates whether names match, or one name is the initial of the other