import java.util.List; public class Cusip { private static Boolean isCusip(String s) { if (s.length() != 9) return false; int sum = 0; for (int i = 0; i <= 7; i++) { char c = s.charAt(i); int v; if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') { v = c - 48; } else if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') { v = c - 55; // lower case letters apparently invalid } else if (c == '*') { v = 36; } else if (c == '@') { v = 37; } else if (c == '#') { v = 38; } else { return false; } if (i % 2 == 1) v *= 2; // check if odd as using 0-based indexing sum += v / 10 + v % 10; } return s.charAt(8) - 48 == (10 - (sum % 10)) % 10; } public static void main(String[] args) { List candidates = List.of( "037833100", "17275R102", "38259P508", "594918104", "68389X106", "68389X105", "EXTRACRD8", "EXTRACRD9", "BADCUSIP!", "683&9X106", "68389x105", "683$9X106", "68389}105", "87264ABE4" ); for (String candidate : candidates) { System.out.printf("%s -> %s%n", candidate, isCusip(candidate) ? "correct" : "incorrect"); } } }