' return the list of US States and their abbreviations'' returns a bi-dimensional array organized in this way'         res(n, 0) holds the state's name'         res(n, 1) holds the state's abbreviation' the array is sorted on states' names'' Example: load the states' names and abbreviations in a combobox'          Dim st() As String, i As Integer'          st() = GetUSStates()'          For i = 0 To UBound(st)'              Combo1.AddItem st(i, 1) & vbTab & st(i, 0)'          NextFunction GetUSStates() As String()    Dim temp() As String    Dim states(0 To 49, 0 To 1) As String    Dim i As Integer        ' semi-colon delimited list of US states    ' note that it can't be longer than 10 lines    Const STATES_LIST = "Alabama;AL;Alaska;AK;Arizona;AZ;Arkansas;AR;California;" _        & "CA;" & "Colorado;CO;Connecticut;CT;Delaware;DE;Florida;FL;Georgia;GA;" _        & "" & "Hawaii;HI;Idaho;ID;Illinois;IL;Indiana;IN;Iowa;IA;" & _        "Kansas;KS;Kentucky;KY;Louisiana;LA;Maine;ME;Maryland;MD;" & _        "Massachusetts;MA;Michigan;MI;Minnesota;MN;Mississippi;MS;Missouri;MO;" _        & "Montana;MT;Nebraska;NE;Nevada;NV;New Hampshire;NH;New Jersey;NJ;" & _        "New Mexico;NM;New York;NY;North Carolina;NC;North Dakota;ND;Ohio;OH;" _        & "Oklahoma;OK;Oregon;OR;Pennsylvania;PA;Rhode Island;RI;South " _        & "Carolina;SC;" & _        "South Dakota;SD;Tennessee;TN;Texas;TX;Utah;UT;Vermont;VT;" & _        "Virginia;VA;Washington;WA;West Virginia;WV;Wisconsin;WI;Wyoming;WY"    ' get a temporary array    temp() = Split(STATES_LIST, ";")        ' load into the result array    For i = 0 To UBound(states)        states(i, 0) = temp(i * 2)        states(i, 1) = temp(i * 2 + 1)    Next        ' assign to the result    GetUSStates = statesEnd Function