def _get_input_format_from_name(self, name):
        """ Determines the input format based on the given country name

        Parameters
        ----------

        name : string

        Returns
        -------

        string : valid input format
        """
        try:
            int(name)
            src_format = 'ISOnumeric'
        except ValueError:
            if len(name) == 2:
                src_format = 'ISO2'
            elif len(name) == 3:
                src_format = 'ISO3'
            else:
                src_format = 'regex'
        return src_format
Determines the input format based on the given country name

        Parameters
        ----------

        name : string

        Returns
        -------

        string : valid input format