CLPlacemark - State Abbreviations?

Question

I was wondering if it was possible to get the state abbreviations from CLPlacemark?

In the CLPlacemark Reference from Apple it states:

administrativeArea The sta

Answer 1

I think you can't get the abbreviations of the states but you can make your own class for this..

• List all the states(states are standards)
• compare those states and return the abbreviation

Code..

Class StateAbbreviation

StateAbbreviation.h

@interface StateAbbreviation : NSString {

}

+ (NSString *)allStates:(int)index;
+ (NSString *)abbreviatedState:(NSString *)strState;

@end

StateAbbreviation.m

@implementation StateAbbreviation
+ (NSString *)allStates:(NSString *)strState {
   // Remove all space on the string
   strState = [strState stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""];
   //Sample states
   NSArray *states = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:
                       @"ALABAMA",                      
                       @"ALASKA",        //AK
                       @"AMERICANSAMOA", //AS
                       @"ARIZONA",       //AZ
                       @"ARKANSAS",      //AR
                       @"CALIFORNIA",    //CA
                       nil];
  NSUInteger n = [states indexOfObject:strState];
  if (n > [states count] - 1) {
     strAbbreviation = @"NOSTATE";
  }
  else {
     strAbbreviation =[self abbreviatedState:n];
  }
  [states release];
  return strAbbreviation;
}

+ (NSString *)abbreviatedState:(int)index {
    NSArray *states = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:
                       @"AL",
                       @"AK",
                       @"AS",
                       @"AZ",
                       @"AR",
                       @"CA",
                       nil];
       NSString *strAbbreviation = [states objectAtIndex:index];
       [states release];
       return strAbbreviation;
}
@end

When you call the class it should be something like this

NSString *upperCase = [@"California" uppercaseString]; // California could be from (NSString *)placemark.administrativeArea;
NSString *abbr = [StateAbbreviation allStates:upperCase];
NSLog(@"%@", abbr); // Result should be CA

This are only samples you can research all states something like this, states and their abbreviations also like this states and their abbreviations