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, bu

Answer 1

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

Map states = new HashMap();
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");