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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions DIRECTORY.md
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* Number Theory
* [Prime Numbers](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/data_structures/hashing/number_theory/prime_numbers.py)
* [Quadratic Probing](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/data_structures/hashing/quadratic_probing.py)
* [Luhn's Algorithm](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/data_structures/hashing/luhn.py)
* Heap
* [Binomial Heap](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/data_structures/heap/binomial_heap.py)
* [Heap](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/data_structures/heap/heap.py)
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""" Luhn Algorithm """
from typing import List


def is_luhn(string: str) -> bool:
"""
Perform Luhn validation on input string
Algorithm:
* Double every other digit starting from 2nd last digit.
* Subtract 9 if number is greater than 9.
* Sum the numbers
*
>>> test_cases = [79927398710, 79927398711, 79927398712, 79927398713,
... 79927398714, 79927398715, 79927398716, 79927398717, 79927398718,
... 79927398719]
>>> test_cases = list(map(str, test_cases))
>>> list(map(is_luhn, test_cases))
[False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, False]
"""
check_digit: int
_vector: List[str] = list(string)
__vector, check_digit = _vector[:-1], int(_vector[-1])
vector: List[int] = [*map(int, __vector)]
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We can remove the noise of extra variables with similar names here

tokens, check_digit = list(string), int(list(string)[-1])
vector: List[int] = list(map(int, tokens[:-1]))

A variable declaration costs memory, so use it judicially

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mypy static checks doesn't pass when "the noise" isn't there
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vector.reverse()
for idx, i in enumerate(vector):

if idx & 1 == 0:
doubled: int = vector[idx] * 2
if doubled > 9:
doubled -= 9

check_digit += doubled
else:
check_digit += i

if (check_digit) % 10 == 0:
return True
return False


if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest

doctest.testmod()
assert is_luhn("79927398713")