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ASP.NET: Validate Credit Card Number

Here is an example of validating a credit card number using C#. If wanting to validate the credit card number on the client side using JavaScript then see this article.

bool ValidateCreditCardNumber(string cardNumber)
{
	if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(cardNumber))
		return false;
	System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<char> rev = cardNumber.Reverse();
	int sum = 0, i = 0;
	foreach (char c in rev)
	{
		if (c < '0' || c > '9')
			return false;
		int tmp = c - '0';
		if ((i & 1) != 0)
		{
			tmp <<= 1;
			if (tmp > 9)
				tmp -= 9;
		}
		sum += tmp;
		i++;
	}
	return ((sum % 10) == 0);
}

Here is an example of validating a credit card number using VB.NET.

Function ValidateCreditCardNumber(ByVal CardNumber As String) As Boolean
	If String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(CardNumber) Then
		Return False
	End If
	Dim rev As System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of Char) = CardNumber.Reverse
	Dim sum As Integer = 0, i As Integer = 0, c As Char
	For Each c In rev
		Dim a As Integer = Asc(c)
		If a < 48 OrElse a > 57 Then
			Return False
		End If
		Dim tmp As Integer = a - 48
		If (i Mod 2) <> 0 Then
			tmp *= 2
			If tmp > 9 Then
				tmp -= 9
			End If
		End If
		sum += tmp
		i += 1
	Next
	If (sum Mod 10) <> 0 Then
		Return False
	Else
		Return True
	End If
End Function

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