Snowflake UDF to Get Payment Card Type
This User Defined Function (UDF) doesn’t require much explanation. Payment card number goes in; payment card type comes out. Since it is designed for speed, it does not validate the check digit. A subsequent post will provide a UDF to validate the check digit using the Luhn algorithm.
/********************************************************************************************************************
Function: PaymentCardType
Description: Decodes the type of payment card from Visa, Mastercard, AMEX, etc.
Parameters: A string indicating the type of payment card, or a blank string if not identified.
*********************************************************************************************************************/
create or replace function PaymentCardType(cardNumber string)
returns string
language javascript
strict
as '
//Remove all spaces and dashes. Simply ignore them.
NUMBER = CARDNUMBER.replace(/ /g, "");
NUMBER = NUMBER.replace(/-/g, "");
// Visa
var re = new RegExp("(4[0-9]{15})");
if (NUMBER.match(re) != null)
return "Visa";
// Mastercard
re = new RegExp("(5[1-5][0-9]{14})");
if (NUMBER.match(re) != null)
return "Mastercard";
// AMEX
re = new RegExp("^3[47]");
if (NUMBER.match(re) != null)
return "AMEX";
// Discover
re = new RegExp("^(6011|622(12[6-9]|1[3-9][0-9]|[2-8][0-9]{2}|9[0-1][0-9]|92[0-5]|64[4-9])|65)");
if (NUMBER.match(re) != null)
return "Discover";
// Diners
re = new RegExp("^36");
if (NUMBER.match(re) != null)
return "Diners";
// Diners - Carte Blanche
re = new RegExp("^30[0-5]");
if (NUMBER.match(re) != null)
return "Diners - Carte Blanche";
// JCB
re = new RegExp("^35(2[89]|[3-8][0-9])");
if (NUMBER.match(re) != null)
return "JCB";
// Visa Electron
re = new RegExp("^(4026|417500|4508|4844|491(3|7))");
if (NUMBER.match(re) != null)
return "Visa Electron";
return "";
';
-- Test the UDF:
select PaymentCardType('4470653497431234');