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Convert state name to abbreviation in JavaScript
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// USAGE: | |
// abbrState('ny', 'name'); | |
// --> 'New York' | |
// abbrState('New York', 'abbr'); | |
// --> 'NY' | |
function abbrState(input, to){ | |
var states = [ | |
['Arizona', 'AZ'], | |
['Alabama', 'AL'], | |
['Alaska', 'AK'], | |
['Arizona', 'AZ'], | |
['Arkansas', 'AR'], | |
['California', 'CA'], | |
['Colorado', 'CO'], | |
['Connecticut', 'CT'], | |
['Delaware', 'DE'], | |
['Florida', 'FL'], | |
['Georgia', 'GA'], | |
['Hawaii', 'HI'], | |
['Idaho', 'ID'], | |
['Illinois', 'IL'], | |
['Indiana', 'IN'], | |
['Iowa', 'IA'], | |
['Kansas', 'KS'], | |
['Kentucky', 'KY'], | |
['Kentucky', 'KY'], | |
['Louisiana', 'LA'], | |
['Maine', 'ME'], | |
['Maryland', 'MD'], | |
['Massachusetts', 'MA'], | |
['Michigan', 'MI'], | |
['Minnesota', 'MN'], | |
['Mississippi', 'MS'], | |
['Missouri', 'MO'], | |
['Montana', 'MT'], | |
['Nebraska', 'NE'], | |
['Nevada', 'NV'], | |
['New Hampshire', 'NH'], | |
['New Jersey', 'NJ'], | |
['New Mexico', 'NM'], | |
['New York', 'NY'], | |
['North Carolina', 'NC'], | |
['North Dakota', 'ND'], | |
['Ohio', 'OH'], | |
['Oklahoma', 'OK'], | |
['Oregon', 'OR'], | |
['Pennsylvania', 'PA'], | |
['Rhode Island', 'RI'], | |
['South Carolina', 'SC'], | |
['South Dakota', 'SD'], | |
['Tennessee', 'TN'], | |
['Texas', 'TX'], | |
['Utah', 'UT'], | |
['Vermont', 'VT'], | |
['Virginia', 'VA'], | |
['Washington', 'WA'], | |
['West Virginia', 'WV'], | |
['Wisconsin', 'WI'], | |
['Wyoming', 'WY'], | |
]; | |
if (to == 'abbr'){ | |
input = input.replace(/\w\S*/g, function(txt){return txt.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + txt.substr(1).toLowerCase();}); | |
for(i = 0; i < states.length; i++){ | |
if(states[i][0] == input){ | |
return(states[i][1]); | |
} | |
} | |
} else if (to == 'name'){ | |
input = input.toUpperCase(); | |
for(i = 0; i < states.length; i++){ | |
if(states[i][1] == input){ | |
return(states[i][0]); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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