looking for mapping key-value pair example (lookup table)

is there any code example implementing a lookup table?
like from state abbreviation to state name?

short of having a long list of if else if ... is there another way to implement it?

sort of like the java equivalent of a hashmap.

thanks
jerry

Check this thread here, has what you are looking for.
http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,94701.0.html