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50 lines
1.7 KiB
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A '''CUSIP''' is a nine-character alphanumeric code that identifies a North American financial security for the purposes of facilitating clearing and settlement of trades. The CUSIP was adopted as an American National Standard under Accredited Standards X9.6.
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;Task:
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Ensure the last digit (i.e., the ''check digit'') of the '''CUSIP''' code (the 1<sup>st</sup> column) is correct, against the following:
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* 037833100 Apple Incorporated
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* 17275R102 Cisco Systems
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* 38259P508 Google Incorporated
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* 594918104 Microsoft Corporation
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* 68389X106 Oracle Corporation (''incorrect'')
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* 68389X105 Oracle Corporation
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;Example pseudo-code below.
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<syntaxhighlight lang=text>algorithm Cusip-Check-Digit(cusip) is
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Input: an 8-character CUSIP
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sum := 0
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for 1 ≤ i ≤ 8 do
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c := the ith character of cusip
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if c is a digit then
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v := numeric value of the digit c
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else if c is a letter then
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p := ordinal position of c in the alphabet (A=1, B=2...)
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v := p + 9
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else if c = "*" then
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v := 36
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else if c = "@" then
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v := 37
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else if' c = "#" then
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v := 38
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end if
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if i is even then
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v := v × 2
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end if
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sum := sum + int ( v div 10 ) + v mod 10
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repeat
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return (10 - (sum mod 10)) mod 10
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end function</syntaxhighlight>
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;See related tasks:
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* [[SEDOLs|SEDOL]]
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* [[Validate_International_Securities_Identification_Number|ISIN]]
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