function emptystatedropdown() {
 	var statedropdown = document.getElementById("usstate");
	while (statedropdown.length > 1) {
 		statedropdown.options[statedropdown.length - 1] = null;
	}
 }

 function initstatedropdown(mode) {
	
	var statedropdown = document.getElementById("usstate");
	var countryindex = document.getElementById("country").selectedIndex;
 	var statescanada = Array("Alberta", "British Columbia", "Manitoba", "New Brunswick", "Newfoundland and Labrador", "Nova Scotia", "Ontario", "Quebec", "Prince Edward Island", "Saskatchewan", "Northwest Territories", "Nunavut", "Yukon");
	var stateus = Array("Alabama", "Alaska", "Arizona", "Arkansas", "California", "Colorado", "Connecticut", "Delaware", "Florida", "Georgia", "Hawaii", "Idaho", "Illinois", "Indiana", "Iowa", "Kansas", "Kentucky", "Louisiana", "Maine", "Maryland", "Massachusetts", "Michigan", "Minnesota", "Mississippi", "Missouri", "Montana", "Nebraska", "Nevada", "New Hampshire", "New Jersey", "New Mexico", "New York", "North Carolina", "North Dakota", "Ohio", "Oklahoma", "Oregon", "Pennsylvania", "Rhode Island", "South Carolina", "South Dakota", "Tennessee", "Texas", "Utah", "Vermont", "Virginia", "Washington", "Washington", "D.C.", "West Virginia", "Wisconsin", "Wyoming");

	emptystatedropdown();

 	if (countryindex==2 || countryindex==43) {
		for (var state=0; state<statescanada.length; state++) {
			newstate = new Option(statescanada[state], statescanada[state], false, true);
  		statedropdown.options[statedropdown.length] = newstate;
 		}
 		statedropdown.options[0].selected = true;
 	} else if (countryindex==1 || countryindex==230) {
 		for (var state=0; state<stateus.length; state++) {
 			newstate = new Option(stateus[state], stateus[state], false, true);
  		statedropdown.options[statedropdown.length] = newstate;
 		}
 		statedropdown.options[0].selected = true;
	} else {
			newstate = new Option("outside U.S. or Canada", "outside U.S. or Canada", false, true);
  		statedropdown.options[statedropdown.length] = newstate;
	}

}

 function initusstatedropdown() {
	var statedropdown = document.getElementById("usstate");
	var stateus = Array("Alabama", "Alaska", "Arizona", "Arkansas", "California", "Colorado", "Connecticut", "Delaware", "Florida", "Georgia", "Hawaii", "Idaho", "Illinois", "Indiana", "Iowa", "Kansas", "Kentucky", "Louisiana", "Maine", "Maryland", "Massachusetts", "Michigan", "Minnesota", "Mississippi", "Missouri", "Montana", "Nebraska", "Nevada", "New Hampshire", "New Jersey", "New Mexico", "New York", "North Carolina", "North Dakota", "Ohio", "Oklahoma", "Oregon", "Pennsylvania", "Rhode Island", "South Carolina", "South Dakota", "Tennessee", "Texas", "Utah", "Vermont", "Virginia", "Washington", "Washington", "D.C.", "West Virginia", "Wisconsin", "Wyoming");

	emptystatedropdown();

 	for (var state=0; state<stateus.length; state++) {
 			newstate = new Option(stateus[state], stateus[state], false, true);
  		statedropdown.options[statedropdown.length] = newstate;
 	}
 	statedropdown.options[0].selected = true;

}

function selectstatedropdown(wert) {
	var statedropdown = document.getElementById("usstate");

	for (var i=0; i<statedropdown.options.length; i++)
	{
		if (statedropdown.options[i].value == wert)
		{
			statedropdown.options[i].selected = true;
			}
		else
		{
				statedropdown.options[i].selected = false;
		}
	}
}