app/django/utils/checksums.py
author Madhusudan C.S. <madhusudancs@gmail.com>
Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:28:56 +0200
changeset 2401 bf70c5a0ef66
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
Added logic for every GHOP specific model. Defined logic for every model defined for GHOP. These logics do nothing special now. They are just inherited from their parent classes. Necessary GHOP specific logic will be added later as necessary. Reviewed by: Lennard de Rijk

"""
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