I tried to check the validation of credit card using Luhn algorithm, which works as the following steps:
Double every second digit from right to left. If do
Here's my implementation of the Luhn Formula.
/**
* Runs the Luhn Equation on a user inputed CCN, which in turn
* determines if it is a valid card number.
* @param c A user inputed CCN.
* @param cn The check number for the card.
* @return If the card is valid based on the Luhn Equation.
*/
public boolean luhn (String c, char cn)
{
String card = c;
String checkString = "" + cn;
int check = Integer.valueOf(checkString);
//Drop the last digit.
card = card.substring(0, ( card.length() - 1 ) );
//Reverse the digits.
String cardrev = new StringBuilder(card).reverse().toString();
//Store it in an int array.
char[] cardArray = cardrev.toCharArray();
int[] cardWorking = new int[cardArray.length];
int addedNumbers = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < cardArray.length; i++)
{
cardWorking[i] = Character.getNumericValue( cardArray[i] );
}
//Double odd positioned digits (which are really even in our case, since index starts at 0).
for (int j = 0; j < cardWorking.length; j++)
{
if ( (j % 2) == 0)
{
cardWorking[j] = cardWorking[j] * 2;
}
}
//Subtract 9 from digits larger than 9.
for (int k = 0; k < cardWorking.length; k++)
{
if (cardWorking[k] > 9)
{
cardWorking[k] = cardWorking[k] - 9;
}
}
//Add all the numbers together.
for (int l = 0; l < cardWorking.length; l++)
{
addedNumbers += cardWorking[l];
}
//Finally, check if the number we got from adding all the other numbers
//when divided by ten has a remainder equal to the check number.
if (addedNumbers % 10 == check)
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
I pass in the card as c
which I get from a Scanner and store in card
, and for cn
I pass in checkNumber = card.charAt( (card.length() - 1) );
.