JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by naveed_ahmad

HTML

<input type="text" id="state" name="state" />
<a href="#void" id="submit">Validate</a>

JavaScript

$("#submit").click(function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
    alert(isValidState($("#state").val()));
});
function isValidState(st) {
    states = "wa|or|ca|ak|nv|id|ut|az|hi|mt|wy" +
              "co|nm|nd|sd|ne|ks|ok|tx|mn|ia|mo" +
               "ar|la|wi|il|ms|mi|in|ky|tn|al|fl" +
               "ga|sc|nc|oh|wv|va|pa|ny|vt|me|nh" +
                "ma|ri|ct|nj|de|md|dc|";
    if (states.indexOf(st.toLowerCase() + "|") > -1) {
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}