Get the state name based on the abreviation

state_finder.rb

module AbeviationToState

  def self.find_state(abreviation)
    STATES_HASH[abreviation]
  end

  STATES_HASH =  {
          'AL' => 'Alabama',
          'AK' => 'Alaska',
          'AZ' => 'Arizona',
          'AR' => 'Arkansas',
          'CA' => 'California',
          'CO' => 'Colorado',
          'CT' => 'Connecticut',
          'DE' => 'Delaware',
          'DC' => 'District of Columbia',
          'FL' => 'Florida',
          'GA' => 'Georgia',
          'HI' => 'Hawaii',
          'ID' => 'Idaho',
          'IL' => 'Illinois',
          'IN' => 'Indiana',
          'IA' => 'Iowa',
          'KS' => 'Kansas',
          'KY' => 'Kentucky',
          'LA' => 'Louisiana',
          'ME' => 'Maine',
          'MD' => 'Maryland',
          'MA' => 'Massachusetts',
          'MI' => 'Michigan',
          'MN' => 'Minnesota',
          'MS' => 'Mississippi',
          'MO' => 'Missouri',
          'MT' => 'Montana',
          'NE' => 'Nebraska',
          'NV' => 'Nevada',
          'NH' => 'New Hampshire',
          'NJ' => 'New Jersey',
          'NM' => 'New Mexico',
          'NY' => 'New York',
          'NC' => 'North Carolina',
          'ND' => 'North Dakota',
          'OH' => 'Ohio',
          'OK' => 'Oklahoma',
          'OR' => 'Oregon',
          'PA' => 'Pennsylvania',
          'PR' => 'Puerto Rico',
          'RI' => 'Rhode Island',
          'SC' => 'South Carolina',
          'SD' => 'South Dakota',
          'TN' => 'Tennessee',
          'TX' => 'Texas',
          'UT' => 'Utah',
          'VT' => 'Vermont',
          'VA' => 'Virginia',
          'WA' => 'Washington',
          'WV' => 'West Virginia',
          'WI' => 'Wisconsin',
          'WY' => 'Wyoming' 
        }
end

if $0 == __FILE__
  puts "which state abreviation to look up?"
  abreviation = gets.chomp
  puts AbeviationToState.find_state(abreviation)
end