def abbrev_state_name_from_full(state):
new_state = None
state = state.strip().upper()
for abbrev,full in STATE_DICT.iteritems():
if state == full.upper():
new_state = abbrev
break
elif state == abbrev:
new_state = abbrev
break
return new_state
def full_state_name_from_abbrev(state):
state = state.strip().upper()
new_state = STATE_DICT.get(state, state) # gets value in dict for state; if none, returns current value by default (i.e., leaves unchanged, except for whitespace strip)
return new_state
