public class LuhnVerification { static boolean checkNumber(String value) { int result = 0; boolean special = false; for (int i = value.length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { int v = value.charAt(i) - '0'; if (v < 0 || v > 9) return false; if (special) { v = v * 2; if (v > 9) v = v - 10 + 1; } result += v; special = !special; } System.out.println(result); return result % 10 == 0; } public static void main(String args[]) { System.out.println(checkNumber("")); } }