app/django/utils/checksums.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:50:22 +0000
changeset 432 1851d67a1004
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
Add a generic method for getting a Keyname This patch will make logic/key_name.py obsolete in the future when everything is compliant with base.logic. This also makes the naming of already compliant logic modules generic and also fixes the _name field to be consistent with the naming in key_name.py. Note: This does not use Group/Sponsor, Group/School, Group/Organisation or Group/Club. Patch by: "Lennard de Rijk" <rijk0214@gmail.com> Reviewed by: Sverre Rabbelier

"""
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