app/django/utils/checksums.py
author Todd Larsen <tlarsen@google.com>
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:17:11 +0000
changeset 202 b8b4a83788d4
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
A key_name controller module to collect all of the name...() functions that compose Model entity key names, plus some minor changes to other controller modules to illustrate the proposed use. Patch by: Todd Larsen Review by: Pawel Solyga Review URL: http://codereviews.googleopensourceprograms.com/804 Review URL: http://codereviews.googleopensourceprograms.com/804

"""
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