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Ruby hashes for converting states to abbreviations and back
STATE_ABBR_TO_NAME = {
'AL' => 'Alabama',
'AK' => 'Alaska',
'AS' => 'America Samoa',
'AZ' => 'Arizona',
'AR' => 'Arkansas',
'CA' => 'California',
'CO' => 'Colorado',
'CT' => 'Connecticut',
'DE' => 'Delaware',
'DC' => 'District of Columbia',
'FM' => 'Federated States Of Micronesia',
'FL' => 'Florida',
'GA' => 'Georgia',
'GU' => 'Guam',
'HI' => 'Hawaii',
'ID' => 'Idaho',
'IL' => 'Illinois',
'IN' => 'Indiana',
'IA' => 'Iowa',
'KS' => 'Kansas',
'KY' => 'Kentucky',
'LA' => 'Louisiana',
'ME' => 'Maine',
'MH' => 'Marshall Islands',
'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',
'PW' => 'Palau',
'PA' => 'Pennsylvania',
'PR' => 'Puerto Rico',
'RI' => 'Rhode Island',
'SC' => 'South Carolina',
'SD' => 'South Dakota',
'TN' => 'Tennessee',
'TX' => 'Texas',
'UT' => 'Utah',
'VT' => 'Vermont',
'VI' => 'Virgin Island',
'VA' => 'Virginia',
'WA' => 'Washington',
'WV' => 'West Virginia',
'WI' => 'Wisconsin',
'WY' => 'Wyoming'
}
STATE_NAME_TO_ABBR = {
'Alabama' => 'AL',
'Alaska' => 'AK',
'America Samoa' => 'AS',
'Arizona' => 'AZ',
'Arkansas' => 'AR',
'California' => 'CA',
'Colorado' => 'CO',
'Connecticut' => 'CT',
'Delaware' => 'DE',
'District of Columbia' => 'DC',
'Federated States of Micronesia' => 'FM',
'Florida' => 'FL',
'Georgia' => 'GA',
'Guam' => 'GU',
'Hawaii' => 'HI',
'Idaho' => 'ID',
'Illinois' => 'IL',
'Indiana' => 'IN',
'Iowa' => 'IA',
'Kansas' => 'KS',
'Kentucky' => 'KY',
'Louisiana' => 'LA',
'Maine' => 'ME',
'Maryland' => 'MD',
'Massachusetts' => 'MA',
'Marshall Islands' => 'MH',
'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',
'Northern Mariana Islands' => 'MP',
'Ohio' => 'OH',
'Oklahoma' => 'OK',
'Oregon' => 'OR',
'Palau' => 'PW',
'Pennsylvania' => 'PA',
'Puerto Rico' => 'PR',
'Rhode Island' => 'RI',
'South Carolina' => 'SC',
'South Dakota' => 'SD',
'Tennessee' => 'TN',
'Texas' => 'TX',
'Utah' => 'UT',
'Vermont' => 'VT',
'Virgin Island' => 'VI',
'Virginia' => 'VA',
'Washington' => 'WA',
'West Virginia' => 'WV',
'Wisconsin' => 'WI',
'Wyoming' => 'WY'
}
STATE_NAME_TO_ABBR_LOWER = {
'alabama' => 'AL',
'alaska' => 'AK',
'america samoa' => 'AS',
'arizona' => 'AZ',
'arkansas' => 'AR',
'california' => 'CA',
'colorado' => 'CO',
'connecticut' => 'CT',
'delaware' => 'DE',
'district of columbia' => 'DC',
'washington d.c.' => 'DC',
'washington dc' => 'DC',
'federated states of micronesia' => 'FM',
'micronesia' => 'FM',
'florida' => 'FL',
'georgia' => 'GA',
'guam' => 'GU',
'hawaii' => 'HI',
'idaho' => 'ID',
'illinois' => 'IL',
'indiana' => 'IN',
'iowa' => 'IA',
'kansas' => 'KS',
'kentucky' => 'KY',
'louisiana' => 'LA',
'maine' => 'ME',
'maryland' => 'MD',
'massachusetts' => 'MA',
'marshall islands' => 'MH',
'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',
'northern mariana islands' => 'MP',
'mariana islands' => 'MP',
'ohio' => 'OH',
'oklahoma' => 'OK',
'oregon' => 'OR',
'palau' => 'PW',
'pennsylvania' => 'PA',
'puerto rico' => 'PR',
'rhode island' => 'RI',
'south carolina' => 'SC',
'south dakota' => 'SD',
'tennessee' => 'TN',
'texas' => 'TX',
'utah' => 'UT',
'vermont' => 'VT',
'virgin island' => 'VI',
'virginia' => 'VA',
'washington' => 'WA',
'west virginia' => 'WV',
'wisconsin' => 'WI',
'wyoming' => 'WY'
}
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