1Locale::US(3)         User Contributed Perl Documentation        Locale::US(3)
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NAME

6       Locale::US - Two letter codes for state identification in the United
7       States and vice versa.
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SYNOPSIS

10         use Locale::US;
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12         my $u = Locale::US->new;
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14         my $state = $u->{code2state}{$code};
15         my $code  = $u->{state2code}{$state};
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17         my @state = $u->all_state_names;
18         my @code  = $u->all_state_codes;
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ABSTRACT

21       Map from US two-letter codes to states and vice versa.
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DESCRIPTION

24   MAPPING
25       $self->{code2state}
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27       This is a hashref which has two-letter state names as the key and the
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30       $self->{state2code}
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32       This is a hashref which has the long nameas the key and the two-letter
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35   DUMPING
36       $self->all_state_names
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38       Returns an array (not arrayref) of all state names in alphabetical form
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40       $self->all_state_codes
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42       Returns an array (not arrayref) of all state codes in alphabetical
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KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

46       •   The state name is returned in uc() format.
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48       •   neither hash is strict, though they should be.
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SEE ALSO

51   Locale::Country
52       Locale::Country
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54   Abbreviations
55       <http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.htm>
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57           Online file with the USPS two-letter codes for the United States and its possessions.
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59   AUXILIARY CODE:
60           lynx -dump http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.htm > kruft.txt
61           kruft2codes.pl
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AUTHOR

64       Currently maintained by Mike Accardo, <accardo@cpan.org>
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66       Original author T. M. Brannon
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68   PATCHES
69       Thanks to stevet AT ibrinc for a patch about second call to new
70       failing.
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73           Copyright (c) 2015 Mike Accardo
74           Copyright (c) 2002-2014 Terrence Brannon
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76       All rights reserved.  This program is free software; you can
77       redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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81perl v5.36.0                      2023-01-20                     Locale::US(3)
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