Calculate or verify a Luhn (Mod10) checksum

luhn-checksum.js

/**
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 * Copyright 2015 Giovanni Thenstead
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 *******************************************************************************
 *
 * Calculate a Luhn (Mod10) checksum
 *   -or-
 * Verify the Luhn checksum of a credit card or IMEI number
 *
 * This implementation was adapted from the following sources:
 *   - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luhn_algorithm&oldid=688221366
 *   - https://gist.github.com/ShirtlessKirk/2134376
 */

var luhn = {
  /* Calculates the Luhn checksum */
  calculate: function(digits) {
    var sum = this.sum(digits, false);
    return (sum * 9) % 10;
  },

  /* Verifies if a number is a valid Luhn checksum */
  verify: function(digits) {
    var sum = this.sum(digits, true);
    return sum > 0 && sum % 10 === 0;
  },

  /* Sum each digit from right to left, and double
     every second digit. If the double exceeds 9,
     then sum its digits (i.e., 654321 -> 358341
     -> 24) */
  sum: function(digits, even) {
    var sum = 0,
        digit = 0,
        i = digits.length;

    while (i--) {
      digit = Number(digits[i]);
      sum += (even = !even) ? this.computed[digit] : digit;
    }

    return sum;
  },
  
  /* Create a precomputed list based on doubling
     each digit, as described in sum(). */
  computed: [0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9]
};


var helpers = {
  /* Appends a Luhn checksum to the end of a number */
  createLuhnId: function(number) {
    var digits = String(number);
    return digits + luhn.calculate(digits);
  },

  /* Checks if a credit card or IMEI number is valid */
  isLuhnId: function(number) {
    return luhn.verify(String(number));
  }
};

Thank you.

Wonderful!

Hi,
Do you have a license for your code?
Thanks

@hrieke Thanks for mentioning this. An open license (MIT-0) is now included with this code.