STFIPS Function

STFIPS Function

Converts state postal codes to FIPS state codes

Category: State and ZIP Code

Syntax

STFIPS ( postal-code )

Arguments

postal-code

• specifies a character expression that contains the two-character standard state postal code. Characters can be mixed case. The function ignores trailing blanks, but generates an error if the expression contains leading blanks.

Details

The STFIPS function converts a two-character state postal code (or world-wide GSA geographic code for U.S. territories ) to the corresponding numeric U.S. Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code.

Comparisons

The STFIPS, STNAME, and STNAMEL functions take the same argument but return different values. STFIPS returns a numeric U.S. Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code. STNAME returns an uppercase state name. STNAMEL returns a mixed case state name .

Examples

The examples show the differences when using STFIPS, STNAME, and STNAMEL.

SAS Statements	Results
fips=stfips ('NC'); put fips;	37
state=stname('NC'); put state;	NORTH CAROLINA
state=stnamel('NC'); put state;	North Carolina

See Also

Functions:

• 'FIPNAME Function' on page 541

• 'FIPNAMEL Function' on page 542

• 'FIPSTATE Function' on page 543

• 'STNAME Function' on page 832,

• 'STNAMEL Function' on page 833