Check Digit Mod 10 with weights 7-5-3-2

[JacqueB]

I need to create a check digit for a financial institution’s scanline. The scanline includes alpha characters that need converted to numbers according the scale below.
I need a formula I can use in Excel 2013. My scanline data is in a single column in Excel and I need to apply the formula in Excel to generate the check digit.
Thank you in advance for your assistance

The details are as follows:

The scan line is 23 characters long – no spaces. It is as follows:

POSITIONS START – END LENGTH DESCRIPTION:

1-4 Last name alpha characters (4 characters)

5-12 Unit number (8 characters)

13-22 Amount owed (10 characters)

23 Check Digit

The check digit is being generated as “Modulus 10, sum of digits, with weights of 7,5,3,2.” with the letters replaced by numbers as in the image below.

NUMERIC VALUE​	ALPHA VALUE​	ALPHA VALUE​	ALPHA VALUE​
1​	A​	J​	S​
2​	B​	K​	T​
3​	C​	L​	U​
4​	D​	M​	V​
5​	E​	N​	W​
6​	F​	O​	X​
7​	G​	P​	Y​
8​	H​	Q​	Z​
9​	I​	R​	​

The resulting sequence of 22 numbers is then run through an algorithm to come up with the check digit. The whole sequence for someone with the last name Munoz, in unit V203-3, who owes $556.15 is below.

	Last Name​	Unit Number​	Amount Owed​
Original Sequence	M U N O​	0 V 2 0 3 X 0 3​	0 0 0 0 0 5 5 6 1 5​
Converted to Numbers	4 3 5 6​	0 4 2 0 3 6 0 3​	0 0 0 0 0 5 5 6 1 5​
Multiply each number by:	7 5 3 2​	7 5 3 2 7 5 3 2​	7 5 3 2 7 5 3 2 7 5​
Result for each number	28 15 15 12​	0 20 6 0 21 30 0 6​	0 0 0 0 0 25 15 12 7 25​
Add digits	10 6 6 3​	0 2 6 0 3 3 0 6​	0 0 0 0 0 7 6 3 7 7​
Sum total	75​
Subtract last digit from 10	5​
Final OCR Line	M U N O​	0 V 2 0 3 X 0 3​	0 0 0 0 0 5 5 6 1 5 5​

 

[Eric W]

Welcome to MrExcel!

A question. When you convert the letters to numbers, how do you do that? It appears to be using the EBCDIC sequence, true?

 

[Comfy]

This post has confused me so much.

Got an email to say JacqueB had replied to a 6 year old thread I was apart of. But could see no such reply in the thread:

Check Digit Mod 10 with weights 7-5-3-2

I need to create a check digit for a financial institution's scanline and am not quite sure how to make that happen using the 7532 weights. The appeal code and package code should be static so I will just assign the appropriate numbers for the letters and will build one string containing all of...

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And then see this thread on the forum:

Check Digit Mod 10 with weights 7-5-3-2

I need to create a check digit for a financial institution’s scanline. The scanline includes alpha characters that need converted to numbers according the scale below. I need a formula I can use in Excel 2013. My scanline data is in a single column in Excel and I need to apply the formula in...

www.mrexcel.com

...... How did I get an email??!>!

Does the forum only check thread description??

 

[JacqueB]

I am obviously not a programmer so I do not know what EBCDIC sequence is. I included the table to covert letters to numbers in my orginal post. It is 1 = AJS, 2 = BKT, etc.
When you 'add digits' to 'sum total', you add the digits across the 3 columns 10,6,6,3,0,2,6,0,3,3,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,7,6,3,7,7 to get 75.

 

[Eric W]

Sorry, I didn't read your post completely, I see it explains how to convert the letters. I'll take a stab at it, but you might want to look at the first link in post 3, it has formula and VBA options that might already work for you.

 

[Fluff]

Got an email to say JacqueB had replied to a 6 year old thread I was apart of. But could see no such reply in the thread:

JacqueB did post to the old thread, but it was removed as a duplicate, because this thread had already been started.

 

[JacqueB]

Sorry, I didn't read your post completely, I see it explains how to convert the letters. I'll take a stab at it, but you might want to look at the first link in post 3, it has formula and VBA options that might already work for you.

I did try that formula, but it did not work for me. Thank you in advance for taking a stab at it!

 

[JacqueB]

JacqueB did post to the old thread, but it was removed as a duplicate, because this thread had already been started.

I am sorry if I caused confusion! I am new to posting on Forums. I am desperate for help and I was unsure where to post. Sorry....

 

[Eric W]

OK, try this:

Book1
	A	B
2	MUNO0V203X030000055615	5
Sheet7

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
B2	B2	=MOD(10-MOD(SUM(MOD((IFERROR(MID(A2,ROW(INDIRECT("1:22")),1)+0,MOD(CODE(UPPER(MID(A2,ROW(INDIRECT("1:22")),1)))-2,9)+1)*{7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5}),10))+SUM(INT((IFERROR(MID(A2,ROW(INDIRECT("1:22")),1)+0,MOD(CODE(UPPER(MID(A2,ROW(INDIRECT("1:22")),1)))-2,9)+1)*{7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5})/10)),10),10)
Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to enter array formulas.

 

[JacqueB]

OK, try this:

Book1
	A	B
2	MUNO0V203X030000055615	5
Sheet7

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
B2	B2	=MOD(10-MOD(SUM(MOD((IFERROR(MID(A2,ROW(INDIRECT("1:22")),1)+0,MOD(CODE(UPPER(MID(A2,ROW(INDIRECT("1:22")),1)))-2,9)+1)*{7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5}),10))+SUM(INT((IFERROR(MID(A2,ROW(INDIRECT("1:22")),1)+0,MOD(CODE(UPPER(MID(A2,ROW(INDIRECT("1:22")),1)))-2,9)+1)*{7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5;3;2;7;5})/10)),10),10)
Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to enter array formulas.

I received an error message "The specified formula cannot be entered because it uses more levels of nesting than are allowed in the current file format"