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Randomly find a number which satisfies Luhn's algorithm
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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
import random | |
def digits_of(number): | |
return [int(i) for i in str(number)] | |
def luhn_checksum(card_number): | |
digits = digits_of(card_number) | |
odd_digits = digits[-1::-2] | |
even_digits = digits[-2::-2] | |
total = sum(odd_digits) | |
for digit in even_digits: | |
total += sum(digits_of(2 * digit)) | |
return total % 10 | |
def is_luhn_valid(card_number): | |
return luhn_checksum(card_number) == 0 | |
def make_random_num(): | |
return ''.join(map(lambda x: str(random.randrange(0,9)),range(16))) | |
random_num = make_random_num() | |
while (not is_luhn_valid(random_num)): | |
print "Invalid: " + random_num | |
random_num = make_random_num() | |
print "Valid: " + random_num |
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