State names and abbrev in XML

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Introduction

I figured this could come in handy to anyone who needed it so I just threw it together. I got tired of not having a list of states. I so often have to implement a dropdown or validate an input that takes an abbreviation and always have to get the information from some website that has a similar list. So this time I finally got smart and made an XML file out of it. I got the information from the USPS website.

The file uses a very simple structure:

<states>
  <state name="ALABAMA" abbreviation="AL" /> 
  <state name="ALASKA" abbreviation="AK" /> 
  ...
</states>

That's all there is to it. Hope you find this useful.

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Jason Gerard

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Jason has been coding professionally since 1998. He is an expert with Java, J2EE, C#, .NET, and VB.

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My vote of 5

fredatcodeproject

3:30 29 Feb '12

yes it is helpful thanks
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proper function applied ;)

andrei_teodorescu

22:51 18 May '11



<xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<states>

	<state name="Alabama" code="AL"/>

	<state name="Alaska" code="AK"/>

	<state name="American Samoa" code="AS"/>

	<state name="Arizona" code="AZ"/>

	<state name="Arkansas" code="AR"/>

	<state name="California" code="CA"/>

	<state name="Colorado" code="CO"/>

	<state name="Connecticut" code="CT"/>

	<state name="Delaware" code="DE"/>

	<state name="District of Columbia" code="DC"/>

	<state name="Federated States of Micronesia" code="FM"/>

	<state name="Florida" code="FL"/>

	<state name="Georgia" code="GA"/>

	<state name="Guam" code="GU"/>

	<state name="Hawaii" code="HI"/>

	<state name="Idaho" code="ID"/>

	<state name="Illinois" code="IL"/>

	<state name="Indiana" code="IN"/>

	<state name="Iowa" code="IA"/>

	<state name="Kansas" code="KS"/>

	<state name="Kentucky" code="KY"/>

	<state name="Louisiana" code="LA"/>

	<state name="Maine" code="ME"/>

	<state name="Marshall Islands" code="MH"/>

	<state name="Maryland" code="MD"/>

	<state name="Massachusetts" code="MA"/>

	<state name="Michigan" code="MI"/>

	<state name="Minnesota" code="MN"/>

	<state name="Mississippi" code="MS"/>

	<state name="Missouri" code="MO"/>

	<state name="Montana" code="MT"/>

	<state name="Nebraska" code="NE"/>

	<state name="Nevada" code="NV"/>

	<state name="New Hampshire" code="NH"/>

	<state name="New Jersey" code="NJ"/>

	<state name="New Mexico" code="NM"/>

	<state name="New York" code="NY"/>

	<state name="North Carolina" code="NC"/>

	<state name="North Dakota" code="ND"/>

	<state name="Northern Mariana Islands" code="MP"/>

	<state name="Ohio" code="OH"/>

	<state name="Oklahoma" code="OK"/>

	<state name="Oregon" code="OR"/>

	<state name="Palau" code="PW"/>

	<state name="Pennsylvania" code="PA"/>

	<state name="Puerto Rico" code="PR"/>

	<state name="Rhode Island" code="RI"/>

	<state name="South Carolina" code="SC"/>

	<state name="South Dakota" code="SD"/>

	<state name="Tennessee" code="TN"/>

	<state name="Texas" code="TX"/>

	<state name="Utah" code="UT"/>

	<state name="Vermont" code="VT"/>

	<state name="Virgin Islands" code="VI"/>

	<state name="Virginia" code="VA"/>

	<state name="Washington" code="WA"/>

	<state name="West Virginia" code="WV"/>

	<state name="Wisconsin" code="WI"/>

	<state name="Wyoming" code="WY"/>

</states>

You totally rock!

Kim Finleyson

11:03 14 Aug '08

Thanks for the list...A great time-saver
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What about an XML list of world countries?

Jesse Sedwick

9:37 2 Jul '08

Anyone know of such a thing?
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thanx

suniltauro

5:15 5 Oct '07

thanx a lot for this list ST
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I need some type of state list and more importantly, a city list

tejas55

18:27 9 Sep '07

I'm starting a site similar to craigslist and need some type of US city file to import because entering manually would take until the end of time. I can do the 50 states but the cities would be impossible. My admin page has the following information regarding importing data for locations but I don't understand it. My site is PHP scripts. Any help would be appreciated.

Uploaded file should contain lines of the form:
region1
region1|city1
region1|city2
region1|city2|area1
region2
...

AWESOME

regwood79

9:01 27 Oct '06

GREAT IDEA
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Thanks!

lexzxzx

17:05 24 Apr '06

Thanks!
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Capitals

Anonymous

3:34 21 Oct '02

It might be a good idea to add state capitals in here also...
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Re: Capitals

Anonymous

3:31 16 Apr '04

no
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