region = new Array();
region["AL"] = "Alabama";
region["AK"] = "Alaska";
region["AZ"] = "Arizona";
region["AR"] = "Arkansas";
region["CA"] = "California";
region["CO"] = "Colorado";
region["CT"] = "Connecticut";
region["DE"] = "Delaware";
region["DC"] = "District Of Columbia";
region["FL"] = "Florida";
region["GA"] = "Georgia";
region["HI"] = "Hawaii";
region["ID"] = "Idaho";
region["IL"] = "Illinois";
region["IN"] = "Indiana";
region["IA"] = "Iowa";
region["KS"] = "Kansas";
region["KY"] = "Kentucky";
region["LA"] = "Louisiana";
region["ME"] = "Maine";
region["MD"] = "Maryland";
region["MA"] = "Massachusetts";
region["MI"] = "Michigan";
region["MN"] = "Minnesota";
region["MS"] = "Mississippi";
region["MO"] = "Missouri";
region["MT"] = "Montana",
region["NE"] = "Nebraska",
region["NV"] = "Nevada",
region["NH"] = "New Hampshire",
region["NJ"] = "New Jersey",
region["NM"] = "New Mexico",
region["NY"] = "New York",
region["NC"] = "North Carolina",
region["ND"] = "North Dakota",
region["OH"] = "Ohio";
region["OK"] = "Oklahoma";
region["OR"] = "Oregon";
region["PA"] = "Pennsylvania";
region["RI"] = "Rhode Island";
region["SC"] = "South Carolina";
region["SD"] = "South Dakota",
region["TN"] = "Tennessee";
region["TX"] = "Texas";
region["UT"] = "Utah";
region["VT"] = "Vermont";
region["VA"] = "Virginia";
region["WA"] = "Washington";
region["WV"] = "West Virginia";
region["WI"] = "Wisconsin";
region["WY"] = "Wyoming";


function getRegion( myRegion ) {
    retVal = "";
    if( myRegion in region ) {
        retVal = region[myRegion];
    }  else {retVal  = "Sorry, region "+myRegion+" was not found";}
    return retVal;
}