get state code, state name and state abbreviation

[Larz60+]

DeaD_EyE thanks, I'll use this.
I didn't even know this had been built into python (since 3.4) until you mentioned it.
It's worth exploring what's there, here's a sample that just touches the surface
(I could have made this look exactly like Linux ls, but I'm too tired to do so now).

from pathlib import Path


class SetPath:
    def __init__(self):
        self.make_paths()

    def make_paths(self):
        self.homepath = Path('.')
        self.show_contents(self.homepath)
        self.datapath = self.homepath / 'data'
        self.show_contents(self.datapath)
        self.zippath = self.homepath / '../ZipcodeData'
        self.show_contents(self.zippath)
        self.addrpath = self.zippath / 'ADDR'
        # print([f'{x}\n' for x in addrpath.iterdir()])
        self.show_contents(self.addrpath)


    @staticmethod
    def show_contents(folder):
        print(f'\ndir {folder.name}')
        for item in folder.iterdir():
            if item.is_dir():
                print(f'    d..{item}')
            else:
                print(f'    ...{item}')


if __name__ == '__main__':
    SetPath()

gives:

Output:
directory Name:
    ...CreateStateCdJsonFile.py
    d..data
    ...FetchTiger2016AddrFiles.py
    ...MakeCensusNameJson.py
    ...SetPath.py
    ...snippet.py
    ...__init__.py

directory Name: data
    ...data\addrfiles.txt
    ...data\StateByName.json

directory Name: ZipcodeData
    .....\ZipcodeData\4c90ea7b-1c0b-4ace-9eb0-a9eb01602f18.json
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR
    d....\ZipcodeData\ByState
    .....\ZipcodeData\ea323919-fe1e-41e8-a53d-7404e0801116.json
    .....\ZipcodeData\free-zipcode-database-Primary.csv
    .....\ZipcodeData\free-zipcode-database.csv
    .....\ZipcodeData\tlgdb_2017_a_us_addr.gdb.zip
    d....\ZipcodeData\zcat

directory Name: ADDR
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\AK_02
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\AL_01
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\AR_05
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\AS_03
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\AS_60
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\AZ_04
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\CA_06
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\CO_08
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\CT_09
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\CZ_07
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\DC_11
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\DE_10
    .....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\dirs.txt
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\FL_12
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\FM_64
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\GA_13
    .....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\GetAllAddr.bat
    .....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\makeDir.bat
    .....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\tl_2016_01001_addr.zip
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\TN_47
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\TX_48
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\UM_74
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\UT_49
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\VA_51
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\VI_52
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\VI_78
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\VT_50
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\WA_53
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\WI_55
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\WV_54
    d....\ZipcodeData\ADDR\WY_56