= IsoCountryCodes

== DESCRIPTION:

Provides ISO codes and names for countries.

== FEATURES:

* Search by name or code (alpha-2, alpha-3 or numeric)

== PROBLEMS:

* Name search requires an exact match (although it is case-insensitive)

== SYNOPSIS:

  # Finding an ISO code returns the country name and other code formats
  code = IsoCountryCodes.find('au')
  code.name    # => "Australia"
  code.numeric # => "036"
  code.alpha2  # => "AU"
  code.alpha3  # => "AUS"

  # Codes can be found via numeric, alpha-2 or alpha-3 format
  IsoCountryCodes.find(36)
  IsoCountryCodes.find('au')
  IsoCountryCodes.find('aus')

  # Codes can be found by country name
  IsoCountryCodes.find('australia')

== INSTALL:

* Via git:

    git clone git://github.com/alexrabarts/iso-country-codes.git

* Via gem:

    gem install alexrabarts-iso-country-codes -s http://gems.github.com

== LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

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