Is there a Util to convert US State Name to State Code. eg. Arizona to AZ?

Question

I need to convert full state name to its official state address code. For example from the String New York, I need to produce NY. Now I could put this all in a hashmap, but it seems there must be a utility for this? I am in an Android environment. I don't want to import a large library just for this one util however. Thanks

Answer 1

I have it ready-made - you can use it:

Map<String, String> states = new HashMap<String, String>(); states.put("Alabama","AL"); states.put("Alaska","AK"); states.put("Alberta","AB"); states.put("American Samoa","AS"); states.put("Arizona","AZ"); states.put("Arkansas","AR"); states.put("Armed Forces (AE)","AE"); states.put("Armed Forces Americas","AA"); states.put("Armed Forces Pacific","AP"); states.put("British Columbia","BC"); states.put("California","CA"); states.put("Colorado","CO"); states.put("Connecticut","CT"); states.put("Delaware","DE"); states.put("District Of Columbia","DC"); states.put("Florida","FL"); states.put("Georgia","GA"); states.put("Guam","GU"); states.put("Hawaii","HI"); states.put("Idaho","ID"); states.put("Illinois","IL"); states.put("Indiana","IN"); states.put("Iowa","IA"); states.put("Kansas","KS"); states.put("Kentucky","KY"); states.put("Louisiana","LA"); states.put("Maine","ME"); states.put("Manitoba","MB"); states.put("Maryland","MD"); states.put("Massachusetts","MA"); states.put("Michigan","MI"); states.put("Minnesota","MN"); states.put("Mississippi","MS"); states.put("Missouri","MO"); states.put("Montana","MT"); states.put("Nebraska","NE"); states.put("Nevada","NV"); states.put("New Brunswick","NB"); states.put("New Hampshire","NH"); states.put("New Jersey","NJ"); states.put("New Mexico","NM"); states.put("New York","NY"); states.put("Newfoundland","NF"); states.put("North Carolina","NC"); states.put("North Dakota","ND"); states.put("Northwest Territories","NT"); states.put("Nova Scotia","NS"); states.put("Nunavut","NU"); states.put("Ohio","OH"); states.put("Oklahoma","OK"); states.put("Ontario","ON"); states.put("Oregon","OR"); states.put("Pennsylvania","PA"); states.put("Prince Edward Island","PE"); states.put("Puerto Rico","PR"); states.put("Quebec","QC"); states.put("Rhode Island","RI"); states.put("Saskatchewan","SK"); states.put("South Carolina","SC"); states.put("South Dakota","SD"); states.put("Tennessee","TN"); states.put("Texas","TX"); states.put("Utah","UT"); states.put("Vermont","VT"); states.put("Virgin Islands","VI"); states.put("Virginia","VA"); states.put("Washington","WA"); states.put("West Virginia","WV"); states.put("Wisconsin","WI"); states.put("Wyoming","WY"); states.put("Yukon Territory","YT");