sub luhn { use integer; my $s = $_[ 0 ]; my $total = 0; for my $i ( 0 .. 14 ) { my $d = substr( $s, $i, 1 ); unless( $i & 1 ) { $d *= 2; $d -= 9 if $d > 9; } $total += $d; } $total *= 9; return chop $total; }