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Norwegian Basic Bank Account Numbers

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The file generated-account-numbers contains newly generated accountnumber where the controll digits have not been calculated yet. They have '?' instead.

Algortihm

The account number is valid if the weighted digit sum modulo eleven is zero. The algorithm for calculating the controll digit is described in this pdf.

There are three special rules that the document does not describe:

  • if the weighted sum modulo eleven is zero, the control digit is also zero.
  • if the weighted sum modulo eleven is one, the control digit is '-', however this is not allowed for account numbers (print 'invalid' instead or something of the sort).
  • if the 5th and 6th digits are both zero, the account is a NICS account, and the control digits are calculated using a different set of weights. However the testdata does not account for this, so you do not have to worry about this either.