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Description:
Takes a full State name (i.e. California) and returns the two letter abbreviation (i.e. CA). Includes all USPS abbreviations. If no match found the name will stay the same.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfset State = StateToAbbr("Louisiana")>

<CFOUTPUT>
#State#
</CFOUTPUT>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Takes a full State name (i.e. California) and returns the two letter abbreviation (i.e. CA).
 * 
 * @param state      The state to convert. 
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Sivan Leoni (sleoni@leoniz.com) 
 * @version 1, January 7, 2002 
 */
function StateToAbbr(State) {
  var states = "ALABAMA,ALASKA,AMERICAN
SAMOA,ARIZONA,ARKANSAS,CALIFORNIA,COLORADO,CONNECTICUT,DELAWARE,DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA,FEDERATED STATES OF
MICRONESIA,FLORIDA,GEORGIA,GUAM,HAWAII,IDAHO,ILLINOIS,INDIANA,IOWA,KANSA
S,KENTUCKY,LOUISIANA,MAINE,MARSHALL
ISLANDS,MARYLAND,MASSACHUSETTS,MICHIGAN,MINNESOTA,MISSISSIPPI,MISSOURI,M
ONTANA,NEBRASKA,NEVADA,NEW HAMPSHIRE,NEW JERSEY,NEW MEXICO,NEW
YORK,NORTH CAROLINA,NORTH DAKOTA,NORTHERN MARIANA
ISLANDS,OHIO,OKLAHOMA,OREGON,PALAU,PENNSYLVANIA,PUERTO RICO,RHODE
ISLAND,SOUTH CAROLINA,SOUTH DAKOTA,TENNESSEE,TEXAS,UTAH,VERMONT,VIRGIN
ISLANDS,VIRGINIA,WASHINGTON,WEST VIRGINIA,WISCONSIN,WYOMING";
  var abbr =
"AL,AK,AS,AZ,AR,CA,CO,CT,DE,DC,FM,FL,GA,GU,HI,ID,IL,IN,IA,KS,KY,LA,ME,MH
,MD,MA,MI,MN,MS,MO,MT,NE,NV,NH,NJ,NM,NY,NC,ND,MP,OH,OK,OR,PW,PA,PR,RI,SC
,SD,TN,TX,UT,VT,VI,VA,WA,WV,WI,WY";
  if(listFindNoCase(states,State))
    State=listGetAt(abbr,listFindNoCase(states,state));
  return State;
}