# bsn.py - functions for handling BSNs # # Copyright (C) 2010 Arthur de Jong # # This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public # License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either # version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. # # This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU # Lesser General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public # License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA # 02110-1301 USA """Module for handling BSNs (Burgerservicenummer), the Dutch national identification number. >>> is_valid('111222333') True >>> is_valid('111252333') False >>> compact('1234.56.782') '123456782' >>> format('111222333') '1112.22.333' """ def compact(number): """Convert the number to the minimal representation. This strips the number of any valid separators and removes surrounding whitespace.""" number = number.replace(' ','').replace('-','').replace('.','').strip() # padd with leading zeroes return (9 - len(number)) * '0' + number def _calc_checksum(number): """Calculate the checksum over the number.""" return sum( (9-i) * int(number[i]) for i in range(8) ) - int(number[8]) def is_valid(number): """Checks to see if the number provided is a valid BSN. This checks the length and whether the check digit is correct.""" try: number = compact(number) except: return False return len(number) == 9 and \ number.isdigit() and \ int(number) > 0 and \ _calc_checksum(number) % 11 == 0 def format(number): """Reformat the passed number to the standard format.""" number = compact(number) return number[:4] + '.' + number[4:6] + '.' + number[6:]