Assembly

Checks the validity of an ISBN by verifying the checksum

Checks the validity of an ISBN by verifying the checksum

; From  Ed Beroset - ISBN validation
; >  Anyone know how to validate the ISBN numbers from books?

; isbnchek.asm
comment ^

        This file contains a C-callable routine which calculates the
        check digit (tenth digit) of an ISBN and returns the ASCII
        representation of that digit.

        This code was written for Borland's TASM
        and may be assembled with the following command:

                tasm /m2 isbnchek.asm

^
        .MODEL small

        public isbncheck

        .CODE
;/***************************************************************************
;
;   Name:
;       isbncheck
;
;   Purpose:
;       Calculates the check digit for a ten digit ISBN, converts that
;       digit to its ASCII representation and returns that answer.
;
;   Algorithm:
;       An ISBN consists of nine digits plus a validation digit.
;       Number the digits from left to right as d1, d2, ... d9, with
;       d10 being the validation digit.  The calculation is then
;
;       d10 = (1(d1) + 2(d2) + 3(d3) + ... + i(di) + ... + 9(d9))%11
;
;       or the weighted sum of each digit mod eleven.
;
;       In our assembly language implementation, we simulate the
;       multiplications by looping through and summing as in the
;       following psuedocode:
;
;       sum = 0
;       for i=1 to 9
;       {
;           for j=i to 9
;           {
;               sum = sum + isbn[j]
;           }
;       }
;
;   Entry:
;
;      isbn = a nine digit ASCII string containing the ISBN
;             (with or without the check digit which is not used here)
;
;   Register usage within the routine:
;
;        AL = current ISBN digit
;        AH = sum of digits so far
;        BX = start pointer into ISBN for each outer loop
;        CX = digit counter (inner loop)
;        DX = start value for digit counter
;        SI = points to current ISBN digit
;
;   Exit:
;
;        AX = ASCII representation of calculated check digit
;
;   Trashed:
;       none
;
;***************************************************************************/
isbncheck proc C isbn:ptr byte
        push    bx
        push    cx
        push    dx
        push    si
        mov     bx,[isbn]               ;
        mov     dx,9                    ; number of digits in raw ISBN
        xor     ax,ax                   ; clear out our total
        cld                             ; count up
@@bigloop:                              ;
        mov     si,bx                   ; point to a digit in the ISBN
        mov     cx,dx                   ; get digit count in CX
@@AddEmUp:                              ;
        lodsb                           ; fetch digit into AL
        and     al,0fh                  ; convert from ASCII
        add     ah,al                   ; add it to our total in AH
        loop    @@AddEmUp               ; do all digits
        inc     bx                      ; and advance the digit pointer
        dec     dx                      ; now decrement digit count
        jnz     @@bigloop               ;   keep going if digits left
        mov     al,ah                   ; move sum into al
        xor     ah,ah                   ; clear out high half
        mov     cl,11                   ; we'll be doing a mod 11 operation
        div     cl                      ; ah = sum mod 11
        mov     al,ah                   ; move calculated check digit to AL
        xor     ah,ah                   ; clear out high half
        or      al,30h                  ; convert to ASCII digit
        cmp     al,3Ah                  ;
        jnz     NotTen                  ;
        mov     al,'X'                  ;
NotTen:                                 ;
        pop     si
        pop     dx
        pop     cx
        pop     bx
        ret                             ; return
isbncheck endp

        END