On Nov 23, 2011, at 4:24 AM, Arvind wrote: > To do this I want to convert an IP address of the form A.B.C.D into a > number that will serve as an index of the array.
Well, IP4 addresses can simply be represented as a decimal. So, 127.0.0.1 is 2130706433. Example on how to calculate it: http://www.allredroster.com/iptodec.htm IP6 addresses are a different kettle of fish: A Compact Representation of IPv6 Addresses http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1924 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
