Locale::SubCountry 1.37 review

Locale::SubCountry is a Perl module that can convert state, province, county etc

License: Perl Artistic License File size: 62K Developer: Kim Ryan

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Locale::SubCountry is a Perl module that can convert state, province, county etc. names to/from code.

SYNOPSIS

my $country_code = 'GB';
my $UK = new Locale::SubCountry($country_code);
if ( not $UK )
{
die "Invalid code $country_coden";
}
elsif ( $UK->has_sub_countries )
{
print($UK->full_name('DGY'),"n"); # Dumfries and Galloway
print($UK->regional_division('DGY'),"n"); # CT (Scotland)
}

my $australia = new Locale::SubCountry('AUSTRALIA');
print($australia->country,"n"); # AUSTRALIA
print($australia->country_code,"n"); # AU

if ( $australia->has_sub_countries )
{
print($australia->code('New South Wales '),"n"); # NSW
print($australia->full_name('S.A.'),"n"); # South Australia
my $upper_case = 1;
print($australia->full_name('Qld',$upper_case),"n"); # QUEENSLAND
print($australia->category('NSW'),"n"); # state
print($australia->FIPS10_4_code('ACT'),"n"); # 01
print($australia->ISO3166_2_code('02'),"n"); # NSW

my @aus_state_names = $australia->all_full_names;
my @aus_code_names = $australia->all_codes;
my %aus_states_keyed_by_code = $australia->code_full_name_hash;
my %aus_states_keyed_by_name = $australia->full_name_code_hash;

foreach my $code ( sort keys %aus_states_keyed_by_code )
{
printf("%-3s : %sn",$code,$aus_states_keyed_by_code{$code});
}
}

# Methods for country codes and names

my $world = new Locale::SubCountry::World;
my @all_countries = $world->all_full_names;
my @all_country_codes = $world->all_codes;

my %all_countries_keyed_by_name = $world->full_name_code_hash;
my %all_country_keyed_by_code = $world->code_full_name_hash;

This module allows you to convert the full name for a countries administrative region to the code commonly used for postal addressing. The reverse lookup can also be done. Sub country codes are defined in "ISO 3166-2:1998, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions".

Sub countries are termed as states in the US and Australia, provinces in Canada and counties in the UK and Ireland.

Names and ISO 3166-2 codes for all sub countries in a country can be returned as either a hash or an array.

Names and ISO 3166-1 codes for all countries in the world can be returned as either a hash or an array.

ISO 3166-2 codes can be converted to FIPS 10-4 codes. The reverse lookup can also be done.

Requirements:
Perl