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arrays.php

$states = array(
    'AL'=>'Alabama',
    'AK'=>'Alaska',
    'AZ'=>'Arizona',
    'AR'=>'Arkansas',
    'CA'=>'California',
    'CO'=>'Colorado',
    'CT'=>'Connecticut',
    'DE'=>'Delaware',
    'DC'=>'District of Columbia',
    'FL'=>'Florida',
    'GA'=>'Georgia',
    'HI'=>'Hawaii',
    'ID'=>'Idaho',
    'IL'=>'Illinois',
    'IN'=>'Indiana',
    'IA'=>'Iowa',
    'KS'=>'Kansas',
    'KY'=>'Kentucky',
    'LA'=>'Louisiana',
    'ME'=>'Maine',
    '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',
    'PA'=>'Pennsylvania',
    'RI'=>'Rhode Island',
    'SC'=>'South Carolina',
    'SD'=>'South Dakota',
    'TN'=>'Tennessee',
    'TX'=>'Texas',
    'UT'=>'Utah',
    'VT'=>'Vermont',
    'VA'=>'Virginia',
    'WA'=>'Washington',
    'WV'=>'West Virginia',
    'WI'=>'Wisconsin',
    'WY'=>'Wyoming',
);
        
$us_state_abbrevs = array('AL', 'AK', 'AS', 'AZ', 'AR', 'CA', 'CO', 'CT', 'DE', 'DC', 'FM', 'FL', 'GA', 'GU', 'HI', 'ID', 'IL', 'IN', 'IA', 'KS', 'KY', 'LA', 'ME', 'MH', 'MD', 'MA', 'MI', 'MN', 'MS', 'MO', 'MT', 'NE', 'NV', 'NH', 'NJ', 'NM', 'NY', 'NC', 'ND', 'MP', 'OH', 'OK', 'OR', 'PW', 'PA', 'PR', 'RI', 'SC', 'SD', 'TN', 'TX', 'UT', 'VT', 'VI', 'VA', 'WA', 'WV', 'WI', 'WY', 'AE', 'AA', 'AP');