Re: checking if domain or IP address

2002-05-01 Thread Shaun Fryer
> I have a small perl script which checks to see if input is a > hostname or an IP address before writing it to a file. > > I was just checking to see if the first char was a number or a > digit but there are some cases where a hostname can start with a > number. (like 3.14159.com for e

Re: checking if domain or IP address

2002-05-01 Thread drieux
On Wednesday, May 1, 2002, at 08:27 , P lerenard wrote: > an ip address should have 3 dot and 2 (IPv4) > so ii you check for the number of dot you have you will remove some false > guess > > Pierre [..] >> ### }elsif ($nameserver =~ m/^\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}$/){ >> ### $t

Re: checking if domain or IP address

2002-05-01 Thread P lerenard
an ip address should have 3 dot and 2 (IPv4) so ii you check for the number of dot you have you will remove some false guess Pierre >From: drieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: checking if domain or IP address >Date

Re: checking if domain or IP address

2002-04-30 Thread drieux
On Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 05:51 , David Ulevitch wrote: [..] > I was just checking to see if the first char was a number or a digit > but there are some cases where a hostname can start with a number. > (like 3.14159.com for example) > > So the question is, if I have a variable like

Re: checking if domain or IP address

2002-04-30 Thread David Ulevitch
Hello David, Tuesday, April 30, 2002, 7:51:29 PM, you wrote: DU> I was just checking to see if the first char was a number or a digit DU> but there are some cases where a hostname can start with a number. DU> (like 3.14159.com for example) Sorry to reply to my own post, but a friend just

checking if domain or IP address

2002-04-30 Thread David Ulevitch
Hello beginners, I have a small perl script which checks to see if input is a hostname or an IP address before writing it to a file. I was just checking to see if the first char was a number or a digit but there are some cases where a hostname can start with a number. (like 3.14159.com