Last change 12/04/2014

Sometimes you no only want to check if a credit card cod eis valid, but also which company it is from. This javascript allows both.
Check if a credit card is valid

/**
* checks a given string for a valid credit card
* @returns:
*   -1  invalid
*       1       mastercard
*       2       visa
*       3       amex
*       4       diners club
*       5       discover
*       6       enRoute
*       7       jcb
*/
function checkCC(val) {
    String.prototype.startsWith = function (str) {
        return (this.match("^" + str) == str)
    }

    Array.prototype.has=function(v,i){
        for (var j=0;j<this.length;j++){
                if (this[j]==v) return (!i ? true : j);
        }
        return false;
    }

    // get rid of all non-numbers (space etc)
    val = val.replace(/[^0-9]/g, "");

    // now get digits
    var d = new Array();
    var a = 0;
    var len = 0;
    var cval = val;
    while (cval != 0) {
        d[a] = cval%10;
        cval -= d[a];
        cval /= 10;
        a++;
        len++;
    }

    if (len < 13)
        return -1;

    var cType = -1;

    // mastercard
    if (val.startsWith("5")) {
        if (len != 16)
                return -1;
        cType = 1;
    } else
    // visa
    if (val.startsWith("4")) {
        if (len != 16 && len != 13)
                return -1;
        cType = 2;
    } else
    // amex
    if (val.startsWith("34") || val.startsWith("37")) {
        if (len != 15)
                return -1;
        cType = 3;
    } else
    // diners
    if (val.startsWith("36") || val.startsWith("38") || val.startsWith("300") || val.startsWith("301") || val.startsWith("302") || val.startsWith("303") || val.startsWith("304") || val.startsWith("305")) {
        if (len != 14)
        return -1;
        cType = 4;
    } else
    // discover
    if (val.startsWith("6011")) {
        if (len != 15 && len != 16)
                return -1;
        cType = 5;
    } else
    // enRoute
    if (val.startsWith("2014") || val.startsWith("2149")) {
        if (len != 15 && len != 16)
                return -1;
        // any digit check
        return 6;
    } else
    // jcb
    if (val.startsWith("3")) {
        if (len != 16)
        return -1;
        cType = 7;
    } else
    // jcb
    if (val.startsWith("2131") || val.startsWith("1800")) {                                                                                     

        if (len != 15)
        return -1;
        cType = 7;
    } else
    return - 1;
    // invalid cc company

    // lets do some calculation
    var sum = 0;
    var i;
    for (i = 1; i < len; i += 2) {
        var s = d[i] * 2;
        sum += s % 10;
        sum += (s - s%10) /10;
    }

    for (i = 0; i < len; i += 2)
        sum += d[i];

    // musst be %10
    if (sum%10 != 0)
        return - 1;

    return cType;
}