public static bool isValidState(string stateAbbr)
{
MexicanStateList list = MexicanStateListBuilder.getMexicanStateList();
return((from MexicanState state in list
where state.Abbr == stateAbbr
select state).Count() == 1);
}
private static void buildMexicanStateList()
{
list = new MexicanStateList();
MexicanState mexicanState;
foreach (string s in mexStates)
{
string[] parts = s.Split('(');
string name = parts[0].Trim();
string abbr = parts[1].Substring(0, 3);
mexicanState = new MexicanState()
{
Abbr = abbr, Name = name
};
list.Add(mexicanState);
}
}