# pps.py - functions for handling Irish PPS numbers # # Copyright (C) 2012 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 """PPS No (Personal Public Service Number, Irish personal number). The Personal Public Service number consists of 8 digits. The first seven are numeric and the last is the check character. The number is sometimes be followed by an extra letter that can be a 'W', 'T' or an 'X' and is ignored for the check algorithm. >>> compact('6433435F') '6433435F' >>> is_valid('6433435F') True >>> is_valid('6433435E') # incorrect check digit False """ import re from stdnum.util import clean from stdnum.ie import vat pps_re = re.compile('^\d{7}[A-W][WTX]?$') """Regular expression used to check syntax of PPS numbers.""" def compact(number): """Convert the number to the minimal representation. This strips the number of any valid separators and removes surrounding whitespace.""" return clean(number, ' -').upper().strip() def is_valid(number): """Checks to see if the number provided is a valid PPS number. This checks the length, formatting and check digit.""" try: number = compact(number) except: return False if not pps_re.match(number): return False return number[7] == vat.calc_check_digit(number[:7])