// fields are - ZIP abbrev., full name, AP style
var us_states = new Array();
us_states[0] = new Array("AL","Alabama");
us_states[1] = new Array("AK","Alaska");
us_states[2] = new Array("AZ","Arizona");
us_states[3] = new Array("AR","Arkansas");
us_states[4] = new Array("CA","California");
us_states[5] = new Array("CO","Colorado");
us_states[6] = new Array("CT","Connecticut");
us_states[50] = new Array("DC","District of Columbia");
us_states[7] = new Array("DE","Delaware");
us_states[8] = new Array("FL","Florida");
us_states[9] = new Array("GA","Georgia");
us_states[10] = new Array("HI","Hawaii");
us_states[11] = new Array("ID","Idaho");
us_states[12] = new Array("IL","Illinois");
us_states[13] = new Array("IN","Indiana");
us_states[14] = new Array("IA","Iowa");
us_states[15] = new Array("KS","Kansas");
us_states[16] = new Array("KY","Kentucky");
us_states[17] = new Array("LA","Louisiana");
us_states[18] = new Array("ME","Maine");
us_states[19] = new Array("MD","Maryland");
us_states[20] = new Array("MA","Massachusetts");
us_states[21] = new Array("MI","Michigan");
us_states[22] = new Array("MN","Minnesota");
us_states[23] = new Array("MS","Mississippi");
us_states[24] = new Array("MO","Missouri");
us_states[25] = new Array("MT","Montana");
us_states[26] = new Array("NE","Nebraska");
us_states[27] = new Array("NV","Nevada");
us_states[28] = new Array("NH","New Hampshire");
us_states[29] = new Array("NJ","New Jersey");
us_states[30] = new Array("NM","New Mexico");
us_states[31] = new Array("NY","New York");
us_states[32] = new Array("NC","North Carolina");
us_states[33] = new Array("ND","North Dakota");
us_states[34] = new Array("OH","Ohio");
us_states[35] = new Array("OK","Oklahoma");
us_states[36] = new Array("OR","Oregon");
us_states[37] = new Array("PA","Pennsylvania");
us_states[38] = new Array("RI","Rhode Island");
us_states[39] = new Array("SC","South Carolina");
us_states[40] = new Array("SD","South Dakota");
us_states[41] = new Array("TN","Tennessee");
us_states[42] = new Array("TX","Texas");
us_states[43] = new Array("UT","Utah");
us_states[44] = new Array("VT","Vermont");
us_states[45] = new Array("VA","Virginia");
us_states[46] = new Array("WA","Washington");
us_states[47] = new Array("WV","West Virginia");
us_states[48] = new Array("WI","Wisconsin");
us_states[49] = new Array("WY","Wyoming");
us_states[51] = new Array("GUAM","Guam");

function getStateByID(sID) {
	var stateNum = -1;
	for (var i=0;i<us_states.length;i++) {
		if (us_states[i][0] == sID) { stateNum=i;break; }
	}
	return stateNum;
}

function getStateByName(sName) {
	var stateNum = -1;
	for (var i=0;i<us_states.length;i++) {
		if (us_states[i][1] == sName) { stateNum=i;break; }
	}
	return stateNum;
}