vin

vin, a Python code which computes the check digit for a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), or verifies that a given VIN is legitimate.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

vin is available in a Python version.

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Reference:

• John D Cook,
  Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Check Sum,
  https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2019/09/12/vin-check-sum/
  12 September 2019.
• John D Cook,
  Computing VIN Checksums,
  https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2022/09/04/computing-vin-checksums/
  04 September 2022.

Source Code:

• vin.py, the source code.
• vin.sh, runs all the tests.
• vin.txt, the output file.