$table = ( (0, 3, 1, 7, 5, 9, 8, 6, 4, 2), (7, 0, 9, 2, 1, 5, 4, 8, 6, 3), (4, 2, 0, 6, 8, 7, 1, 3, 5, 9), (1, 7, 5, 0, 9, 8, 3, 4, 2, 6), (6, 1, 2, 3, 0, 4, 5, 9, 7, 8), (3, 6, 7, 4, 2, 0, 9, 5, 8, 1), (5, 8, 6, 9, 7, 2, 0, 1, 3, 4), (8, 9, 4, 5, 3, 6, 2, 0, 1, 7), (9, 4, 3, 8, 6, 1, 7, 2, 0, 5), (2, 5, 8, 1, 4, 3, 6, 7, 9, 0) ) function Test-Damm([string]$s) { $interim = 0 foreach ($c in $s.ToCharArray()) { $interim = $table[$interim][[int]$c - [int][char]'0'] } return $interim -eq 0 } foreach ($number in 5724, 5727, 112946, 112949) { $validity = if (Test-Damm $number) {'valid'} else {'invalid'} '{0,6} is {1}' -f $number, $validity }