Jasmine wrote: > > hi Hello,
> i m faced with a problem. > > i have a string set to an IP address and i want to be able to compare it with > just the first three octets and see if it matches. How do i go about? > I know regex can do it but the problem is i m a newbie to it. If anyone can > figure out and explain the regex for it, it will be extremely beneficial. Here is one way to do it: use Socket; print "Matched\n" if substr( inet_aton( $ip1 ), 0, 3 ) eq substr( inet_aton( $ip2 ), 0, 3 ); John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
