app/django/utils/checksums.py
author Pawel Solyga <Pawel.Solyga@gmail.com>
Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:07:16 +0000
changeset 949 07fdadbd6dc7
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
Check if timeline exists and when somebody tries to edit non existing timelime display error message. Add TODO regarding error message customization for Timeline. Add support for calendar widget in timeline for both gsoc and ghop programs (gsoc was hardcoded before). Patch by: Pawel Solyga Review by: to-be-reviewed

"""
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