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The International Standard Book Number is an ISO standardized identifier for books. It consists of 10 or 13 digits (including 'X'), of which the last is a check character.

ISBNs are assigned by publishers to identify books across systems.

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How to use Pascal string in equation

I have a little problem. I have written a program which asks for user for a code which contains 11 digits. I defined it as string but now I would like to use every digit from this code individually and make an equation. for example if code is…
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ISBN final digit finder

I am working in python 3 and I am making a program that will take in a 10 digit ISBN Number and applying a method to it to find the 11th number. Here is my current code ISBN=input('Please enter the 10 digit number: ') while len(ISBN)!= 10: …
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Java ISBN checker/calculator, how to solve?

Im doing my homework and literally stuck for 5 hours for this particular question. The last digit d10 is a checksum, which is calculated from the other nine digits using the following formula: (d1*1 + d2*2 + d3*3+ d4*4 + d5*5 + d6*6 + d7*7 + d8*8 +…
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Converting Character Array to Integer Array in C for ISBN Validation

I really hope someone can give a well explained example. I've been searching everywhere but can't find a proper solution. I am taking an introduction to C Programming class, and our last assignment is to write a program which validates a 10 digit…
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How do I create a dynamic ISBN 13 barcode image in C#

I need to be able to pass in a 13 digit ISBN and have the barcode display as an image on a website dynamically. I have tried some web services at maschup.com and so far unable to get this to render correctly.
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Putting check digit in to form ISBN 10

I'm doing a barcode scanner and doing an in-app conversion of ISBN13 to ISBN10. I could now calculate out the check digit for the ISBN 10 but i do not know how to join it back to a 10 digit number. What i did was to take out the prefixed "978" for…
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Amazon Advertising API - EditorialReviews sometimes returns null even if it should not for given ISBN

I’m using Amazon Product Advertising API to get data about books based on given ISBN number. It works fine I’m getting most of the information but for some of the books I have a problem with Editorial Reviews. It looks like the information is…
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Inserting dashes in ISBNs using grep (in BBEdit)

I have a file in which valid ISBNs always appear in the context of isbn = {} but often lack the dashes that are generally used for formatting them. I would like to insert these dashes using grep in BBEdit. For example I'd like to replace isbn…
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How do I make this ISBN-verifier more efficient?

I am trying to make this code more efficient. How should I go about and do it? It is a class that is called from another one in Java. I am not the best when it comes to algorithmic efficiency so I appreciate all help I can get. Thanks in…
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How can I cleanse a String to contain only digits (0-9) and the letter X (uppercase) only, using Java and Javascript

I am taking an ISBN input by the user - may contain spaces and hyphens etc. - and trying to sanitise it to be only digits. In Java and Javascript, I have used the following regex successfully Java (isbn is a java.lang.String) isbn =…
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How does one access the ISBNDB using Java to find info on a book? Is it possible to use the ISBNDB api without using Maven or Gradle?

I'm trying to access the ISBNDB and get information about all the relavent data about a book so I can make a bibliography from that data for a school project. But, I'm having trouble accessing the ISBNDB and using the ISBNDB API through Java. I have…
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Need to search for ISBN number on website and extract results to Excel

I have a school project to do - I have a list of books which I need to find on the following website: www.arbookfind.co.uk Once found, I need to select information contained in the result and transfer it to an excel spreadsheet so the books can be…
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How to use regular expression to determine if one file concluding ISBN series?

How to use regular expression to determine if one file concluding ISBN series? on linux/unix. And how about using Perl? Thanks
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adding page number to barcodes

I do genealogy research. I have books with information on many pages. Is there a way for me to use the book isbn and associate it with a particular page? I may find many references to different individuals in the same book. I copy the page, but…
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How to store ISBN in array?

How can I use input ISBN number like this 01316295910 store in an array?And let it print on screen list this : ISBN 0 1 3 1 6 2 9 5 9 10(<=X) Here is my code : int[] A = new int[10]; Console.Write("input ISBN:"); for (int i = 0; i…
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