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is_valid_singapore_nric_number.py
def is_valid_singapore_nric_number(number):
number = number.upper()
prefix = 0 if number[0] in "SF" else 4
table = "JZIHGFEDCBA" if number[0] in "ST" else "XWUTRQPNMLK"
check = (prefix + sum([int(number[i + 1]) * int(a)
for i, a in enumerate("2765432")])) % 11
return table[check] == number[-1]
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