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  :surprise_level = level[:surprise]

  def state?(zip)
    zip_code_list = File.open('zips.txt')
    suggested_list = zip_code_list.grep(/(.*"#{zip}\d+".*)/)
  end

  [#][##][##]
  [State][County/Parish][Area]

  def state?(zip)
   case zip[0]
    when 0 then states = ['CT','MA','ME','NH','NJ','PR','RI','VT','VI','AE']
    when 1 then states = ['DE','NY','PA']
    when 2 then states = ['DC','MD','NC','SC','VA','WV']
    when 3 then states = ['AL','FL','GA','MS','TN','AA']
    when 4 then states = ['IN','KY','MI','OH']
    when 5 then states = ['IA','HN','MT','ND','SD','WI']
    when 6 then states = ['IL','KS','MO','NE']
    when 7 then states = ['AR','LA','OK','TX']
    when 8 then states = ['AZ','CO','ID','NM','NV','UT','WY']
    when 9 then states = ['AK','AS','CA','GU','HI','MH','FM','MP','OR','PW','WA','AP']
    else return null
   end
   return states
  end