Checking Estonian ID code correctness in PowerShell

This is based on an implementation in another language I found many years ago on Google, I’ve forgotten the details or the exact source.
As usual, it’s not the most elegant version but works just fine and hasn’t been modified in years. For formal validation algorithm, use Google. I haven’t seen any official public document for it but there are a few implementation examples out there (PHP, Delphi, C#, JS etc.).

I originally used it for automatically loading ID Card certificates to Active Directory for SmartCard login. I’ll build up to releasing that by going over various pieces to making it work.

Remarks:

  • Wrap function call in Try-Catch and If. Function parameter validation returns error but actual ID code validation returns true-false. I know it’s ugly but it’s good enough for me.
  • It really only checks if string contains exactly 11 numbers and checksum is correct. There is no guarantee that a person with that code actually exists.
Function Validate-Isikukood {
	param(
		[parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
		[ValidatePattern("^\d{11}$")]
		[string]$Isikukood
	)
	[char[]]$IsikukoodArray = $Isikukood.ToCharArray()
	$IDCheck1 = [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[0],10) * 1 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[1],10) * 2 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[2],10) * 3 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[3],10) * 4 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[4],10) * 5 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[5],10) * 6 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[6],10) * 7 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[7],10) * 8 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[8],10) * 9 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[9],10) * 1
	$IDCheckSum = $IDCheck1 % 11
	If ($IDCheckSum -eq 10) {
		$IDCheck2 = [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[0],10) * 3 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[1],10) * 4 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[2],10) * 5 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[3],10) * 6 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[4],10) * 7 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[5],10) * 8 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[6],10) * 9 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[7],10) * 1 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[8],10) * 2 + [convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[9],10) * 3
		$IDCheckSum = $IDCheck2 % 11
		If (($IDCheckSum -eq 10) -and ([convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[10],10) -eq 0)) {
			Return $True
		} ElseIf (($IDCheckSum -ne 10) -and ([convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[10],10) -eq $IDCheckSum)) {
			Return $True
		} Else {
			Return $False
		}
	} ElseIf (($IDCheckSum -ne 10) -and ([convert]::ToInt32($IsikukoodArray[10],10) -eq $IDCheckSum)) {
		Return $True
	} Else {
		Return $False
	}
}

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