@stdlib/datasets-us-states-names-capitals NPM

US State Names and Capitals

US state names and capitals.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/datasets-us-states-names-capitals

Usage

var table = require( '@stdlib/datasets-us-states-names-capitals' );

table()

Returns an object mapping US state names to state capitals.

var t = table();
/* returns
    {
        'Alabama': 'Montgomery',
        'Alaska': 'Juneau',
        'Arizona': 'Phoenix',
        'Arkansas': 'Little Rock',
        'California': 'Sacramento',
        'Colorado': 'Denver',
        'Connecticut': 'Hartford',
        'Delaware': 'Dover',
        'Florida': 'Tallahassee',
        'Georgia': 'Atlanta',
        'Hawaii': 'Honolulu',
        'Idaho': 'Boise',
        'Illinois': 'Springfield',
        'Indiana': 'Indianapolis',
        'Iowa': 'Des Moines',
        'Kansas': 'Topeka',
        'Kentucky': 'Frankfort',
        'Louisiana': 'Baton Rouge',
        'Maine': 'Augusta',
        'Maryland': 'Annapolis',
        'Massachusetts': 'Boston',
        'Michigan': 'Lansing',
        'Minnesota': 'Saint Paul',
        'Mississippi': 'Jackson',
        'Missouri': 'Jefferson City',
        'Montana': 'Helena',
        'Nebraska': 'Lincoln',
        'Nevada': 'Carson City',
        'New Hampshire': 'Concord',
        'New Jersey': 'Trenton',
        'New Mexico': 'Santa Fe',
        'New York': 'Albany',
        'North Carolina': 'Raleigh',
        'North Dakota': 'Bismarck',
        'Ohio': 'Columbus',
        'Oklahoma': 'Oklahoma City',
        'Oregon': 'Salem',
        'Pennsylvania': 'Harrisburg',
        'Rhode Island': 'Providence',
        'South Carolina': 'Columbia',
        'South Dakota': 'Pierre',
        'Tennessee': 'Nashville',
        'Texas': 'Austin',
        'Utah': 'Salt Lake City',
        'Vermont': 'Montpelier',
        'Virginia': 'Richmond',
        'Washington': 'Olympia',
        'West Virginia': 'Charleston',
        'Wisconsin': 'Madison',
        'Wyoming': 'Cheyenne'
    }
*/

Examples

var capitalize = require( '@stdlib/string-capitalize' );
var table = require( '@stdlib/datasets-us-states-names-capitals' );

var tbl = table();

function getCapital( state ) {
    var capital;
    var parts;
    var i;

    // Ensure the first letter of each word comprising a state name is capitalized...
    parts = state.split( ' ' );
    for ( i = 0; i < parts.length; i++ ) {
        parts[ i ] = capitalize( parts[ i ] );
    }
    // Get the state capital:
    capital = tbl[ parts.join( ' ' ) ];

    // Ensure a valid state name was provided...
    if ( capital === void 0 ) {
        throw new Error( 'unrecognized state name. Value: `' + state + '`.' );
    }
    return capital;
}

console.log( getCapital( 'Missouri' ) );
// => 'Jefferson City'

console.log( getCapital( 'New Jersey' ) );
// => 'Trenton'

console.log( getCapital( 'California' ) );
// => 'Sacramento'

License

The data files (databases) are licensed under an Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication & License 1.0 and their contents are licensed under Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal. The software is licensed under Apache License, Version 2.0.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.