Automatically add dashes codes ISBN13 (EAN-13 conversion to ISBN-13) - Paul Courbis

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Automatically add dashes codes ISBN13 (EAN-13 conversion to ISBN-13)

Sunday 24 June 2007, by Paul Courbis

When reading a ISBN13 code is via the barcode EAN13, found only the 13 digits. However, the standard requires (English manual page 9, Â§ 4: "The Elements Must Be EACH clearly" separated by hyphens or spaces When Displayed in human readable form "). However, it is possible, using a heuristic very reliable, to rework the code EAN13 to restore the distinction between different blocks of code (prefix, country, producer ...) to display the ISBN-13 with indents.