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NUS Matriculation Number Checksum
function matric(noLetter) {
var type = noLetter.charAt(0);
if (type === 'U') {
type = 1;
var weights = [6, 11, 12, 10, 12, 0];
} else if (type === 'A') {
type = 2;
var weights = [-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1];
} else {
return undefined;
}
var values = [];
var matricInt = parseInt(noLetter.substr(1));
for (var i = 1; i <= 6; ++i) {
values.push(
//Round down
Math.floor(
//Numeric part, divided by power of 10
matricInt / Math.pow(10, i - 1)) %
//We want the last digit
10);
}
var checksum = 0;
var letters = ['B', 'A', 'E', 'H', 'J', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'R', 'U', 'W', 'X', 'Y'];
for (var i = 0, j = values.length; i < j; ++i) {
checksum += values[i] * weights[i];
}
checksum = (checksum - 1) % letters.length;
if (checksum < 0) {
checksum += letters.length;
}
return letters[checksum];
}
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