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diff --git a/webapp/django/utils/checksums.py b/webapp/django/utils/checksums.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..970f563f38 --- /dev/null +++ b/webapp/django/utils/checksums.py @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +""" +Common checksum routines (used in multiple localflavor/ cases, for example). +""" + +__all__ = ['luhn',] + +LUHN_ODD_LOOKUP = (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9) # sum_of_digits(index * 2) + +def luhn(candidate): + """ + Checks a candidate number for validity according to the Luhn + algorithm (used in validation of, for example, credit cards). + Both numeric and string candidates are accepted. + """ + if not isinstance(candidate, basestring): + candidate = str(candidate) + try: + evens = sum([int(c) for c in candidate[-1::-2]]) + odds = sum([LUHN_ODD_LOOKUP[int(c)] for c in candidate[-2::-2]]) + return ((evens + odds) % 10 == 0) + except ValueError: # Raised if an int conversion fails + return False |