NAME Net::IPAddress::Minimal - IP string to number and back VERSION Version 0.03 SYNOPSIS This module converts IPv4 strings to integer IP numbers and vice versa. It's built to be used as quickly and easily as possible, which is why you can just simply use the "invert_ip" function. It recognizes whether you have an IPv4 string or a number and converts it to the other form. Here's a sample script: use Net::IPAddress::Minimal ('invert_ip'); my $input_string = shift @ARGV; my $output = invert_ip( $input_string ); print "$output\n"; EXPORT Three functions can be exported: * invert_ip * num_to_ip * ip_to_num SUBROUTINES/METHODS invert_ip Gets an IPv4 string or an IP number and converts it to the other form. my $ip_num = invert_ip( '10.200.10.130' ); # $ip_str = 180882050 my $ip_num = invert_ip( 180882050 ); # $ip_str = '10.200.10.130'; num_to_ip Gets an IP number and returns an IPv4 string. my $ip_num = num_to_ip( 3232235778 ); # $ip_str = '192.168.1.2'; ip_to_num Gets a IPv4 string and returns the matching IP number. Note that at the moment this function does not ensure that each of the class numbers are between 0-255, and it can return unexpected results when misused my $ip_num = ip_to_num( '212.212.212.212' ); # $ip_num = 3570717908 test_string_structure Checks the structure of the input string and returns flags indicating whether it's an IPv4 string, and IP number or something else (which is an error). AUTHORS Tamir Lousky, "" SawyerX, "" BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-net-ipaddress-minimal at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. SUPPORT You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Net::IPAddress::Minimal You can also look for information at: * RT: CPAN's request tracker * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation * CPAN Ratings * Search CPAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright 2010 Tamir Lousky. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.