reorderStates.js

/**
* Usage reorderStates('#txtState')
*         .getArrayOfOptionAttrs()
*         .orderByUsa()
*         .renderOptions();
*/
var reorderStates = (function($){

  var canadaStates = ['Alberta', 'British Columbia', 'Manitoba', 'New Brunswick', 
          'Newfoundland & Labrador', 'Nova Scotia', 'Ontario', 'Prince Edward Island', 
          'Quebec', 'Saskatchewan', 'Northwest Terr.', 'Nunavut', 'Yukon'];
  var p = {};
  var newStates = [];
  var $target;
  var target;
  var oldtarget;

  p.getArrayOfOptionAttrs = function(attr){
    if (newStates.length && oldtarget === target) {return p;}
    oldtarget = target;
    newStates = [];
    $target.find('option').each(function() {
      newStates.push($(this)[attr ||'val']());
    });
    return p;
  };

  p.orderByCanada = function() {
    for (var i = 0; i < newStates.length; i++) {
      if ( ~canadaStates.indexOf(newStates[i]) ) {
        newStates.splice(i,1);
      }
    }
    newStates.splice(1, 0, canadaStates);
    newStates = newStates.toString().split(',');
    return p;
  };

  p.orderByAlpha = function(){
    var none = newStates.shift();
    newStates = newStates.sort();
    newStates.unshift(none);
    return p;
  };

  p.renderOptions = function(){
    $target.html('');
    for (var j = 0; j < newStates.length; j++) {
      $target.append('<option value="'+newStates[j]+'">'+newStates[j]+'</option>');
    }
    return p;
  };


  return function(target) {
    $target = $(target);
    return p;
  };

})(jQuery);



$(document).ready(function() {
  var myParam = !!~location.href.indexOf('079mf');
  if (myParam === true) {
    reorderStates('#txtState')
          .getArrayOfOptionAttrs()
          .orderByCanada()
          .renderOptions();
  }
});