Convert EAN-8 to EAN-13

barcode, ean-13

Solution

EAN-8 is a short version of EAN-13, composed by 7 digits and 1 check digit.

There is no conversion available between EAN-8 and EAN-13 sorry :(

Problem

I have an 8 digit EAN code which I would like to convert to an EAN-13 code. Do you know of any algorithm on how to calculate this? Or is it simply adding five zeros to the beginning of the EAN-8? E.g. EAN-8(1234 5678) becomes EAN-13(00000 1234 5678)?

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