#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- def damm_algorithm(n): matrix = [[0, 3, 1, 7, 5, 9, 8, 6, 4, 2], [7, 0, 9, 2, 1, 5, 4, 8, 6, 3], [4, 2, 0, 6, 8, 7, 1, 3, 5, 9], [1, 7, 5, 0, 9, 8, 3, 4, 2, 6], [6, 1, 2, 3, 0, 4, 5, 9, 7, 8], [3, 6, 7, 4, 2, 0, 9, 5, 8, 1], [5, 8, 6, 9, 7, 2, 0, 1, 3, 4], [8, 9, 4, 5, 3, 6, 2, 0, 1, 7], [9, 4, 3, 8, 6, 1, 7, 2, 0, 5], [2, 5, 8, 1, 4, 3, 6, 7, 9, 0]] checksum = 0 for digit in str(n): checksum = matrix[checksum][int(digit)] return checksum == 0 # testing n = 5724 print(damm_algorithm(n)) # should print True n = 5727 print(damm_algorithm(n)) # should print False