app/django/utils/checksums.py
author Todd Larsen <tlarsen@google.com>
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:34:40 +0000
changeset 207 8ecc2e4198cd
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
Take advantage of the Model inheritance provided by polymodel.PolyModel to have create a class hierarchy rooted at Person. Also, add some missing Role classes, such as Role, (Organization) Mentor, (Club) Member, (School) Student. Make (Organization) Administrator be a Reviewer like Mentor is. Patch by: Todd Larsen Review by: Pawel Solyga, Sverre Rabbelier, Augie Fackler Review URL: http://codereviews.googleopensourceprograms.com/607

"""
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