Full State name to Abbreviation

[calitho]

Just thought I would share...

 

theValue=Field("State");

if (theValue =="Alambama"){
                   return("AL");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Alaska"){
                   return("AK");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Arizona"){
                   return("AZ");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Arkansas"){
                   return("AR");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "California"){
                   return("CA");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Colorado"){
                   return("CO");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Connecticut"){
                   return("CT");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Delaware"){
                   return("DE");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "District of Columbia"){
                   return("DC");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Florida"){
                   return("FL");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Georgia"){
                   return("GA");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Hawaii"){
                   return("HI");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Idaho"){
                   return("ID");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Illinois"){
                   return("IL");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Indiana"){
                   return("IN");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Iowa"){
                   return("IA");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Kansas"){
                   return("KS");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Kentucky"){
                   return("KY");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Louisiana"){
                   return("LA");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Maine"){
                   return("ME");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Maryland"){
                   return("MD");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Massachusetts"){
                   return("MA");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Michigan"){
                   return("MI");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Minnesota"){
                   return("MN");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Mississippi"){
                   return("MS");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Missouri"){
                   return("MO");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Montana"){
                   return("MT");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Nebraska"){
                   return("NE");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Nevada"){
                   return("NV");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "New Hamspire"){
                   return("NH");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "New Jersey"){
                   return("NJ");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "New Mexico"){
                   return("NM");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "New York"){
                   return("NY");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "North Carolina"){
                   return("NC");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "North Dakota"){
                   return("ND");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Ohio"){
                   return("OH");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Oklahoma"){
                   return("OK");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Oregon"){
                   return("OR");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Pennsylvania"){
                   return("PA");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Rhode Island"){
                   return("RI");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "South Carolina"){
                   return("SC");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "South Dakota"){
                   return("SD");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Tennessee"){
                   return("TN");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Texas"){
                   return("TX");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Utah"){
                   return("UT");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Vermont"){
                   return("VT");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Virginia"){
                   return("VA");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Washington"){
                   return("WA");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "West Virginia"){
                   return("WV");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Wisconsin"){
                   return("WI");
                   }

               else if (theValue == "Wyoming"){
                   return("WY");
                   }

               else if (theValue){
                   return(theValue);
                   }

       }

[rpaterick]

Cool thanks. I'll put that in my list of snippets I've collected here.

 

Thanks for sharing....

[Dan Korn]

I'd do it this way:

var StateAbbreviations =
{
 "alabama": "AL",
 "alaska": "AK",
 "arizona": "AZ",
 "arkansas": "AR",
 "california": "CA",
 "colorado": "CO",
 "connecticut": "CT",
 "delaware": "DE",
 "district of columbia": "DC",
 "florida": "FL",
 "georgia": "GA",
 "hawaii": "HI",
 "idaho": "ID",
 "illinois": "IL",
 "indiana": "IN",
 "iowa": "IA",
 "kansas": "KS",
 "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 hamspire": "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",
};


var theValue = Field("State");
return StateAbbreviations[ToLower(theValue)] || theValue;