isUSState Function   v1.0   [JScript]

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purpose:

This function will validate all 50 valid state abbreviations as well 
as DC. It's mainly useful for a scenario where you need someone's 
address, city, state and zip code and want to make sure that the state
abbreviation entered is a valid entry and not just random text.

syntax:

var string = isUSState(stateToValidateString);

example usage:

var string1 = "AL";
var string2 = isUSState(string1);

source code:

function isUSState(strIn) {
	/*
	validate 50 US States plus DC
	if you want to do puerto rico as well, 
	search the pattern below for
	|PA|
	and replace it with
	|P[AR]|
	*/
	var re = /^A[LKRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL|GA|HI|I[ADLN]|K[SY]|LA|M[ADEINOST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|PA|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AT]|W[AIVY]$/gi
	return re.test(strIn);
	/*
	regular expression pattern broken down
	would look like this:
		^A[LKRZ]|      <-- AL, AK, AR, AZ
		C[AOT]|        <-- CA, CO, CT
		D[CE]|         <-- DC, DE
		FL|            <-- FL
		GA|            <-- GA
		HI|            <-- HI
		I[ADLN]|       <-- IA, ID, IL, IN
		K[SY]|         <-- KS, KY
		LA|            <-- LA
		M[ADEINOST]|   <-- MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT
		N[CDEHJMVY]|   <-- NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY
		O[HKR]|        <-- OH, OK, OR
		PA|            <-- PA
		RI|            <-- RI
		S[CD]|         <-- SC, SD
		T[NX]|         <-- TN, TX
		UT|            <-- UT
		V[AT]|         <-- VA, VT
		W[AIVY]$       <-- WA, WI, WV, WY
	*/
}

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