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JonathanHeuer
Qrew Cadet
10 years ago

Converting state address field into two letter abbreviation

The state address field displays the full name of the state. I would like to get the two letter abbreviation (i.e. "MI" instead of "Michigan"). Besides creating my own lookup table, is there another ...
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JohnBrindamour
Qrew Member
7 years ago
Thanks guys, very helpful. I ended up converting the state/region to upper and used Contains within an IF. Maybe that's possible with Case but I couldn't seem to get it to work.

If (
Contains(Upper([Ship To: State/Region]),"ALABAMA"), "AL",
Contains(Upper([Ship To: State/Region]),"ALASKA"), "AK",
Contains(Upper([Ship To: State/Region]),"ARIZONA"), "AZ",
Contains(Upper([Ship To: State/Region]),"ARKANSAS"), "AR",.........etc.