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IP2IPLong ( IP )

Converts IP to IPLong

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Let ( [ A = Let ( string = Substitute ( IP ; "." ; ¶ ) ; GetValue ( string ; 1 ) ); B = Let ( string = Substitute ( IP ; "." ; ¶ ) ; GetValue ( string ; 2 ) ); C = Let ( string = Substitute ( IP ; "." ; ¶ ) ; GetValue ( string ; 3 ) ); D = Let ( string = Substitute ( IP ; "." ; ¶ ) ; GetValue ( string ; 4 ) ) ]; d + ( c * 256 ) + (b * 256 * 256) + (a * 256 * 256 * 256) ) Click to copy

This function converts a IP address to a IPLong INT, widely used by PHP to save space in a database.

 

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		unix, Japan Sep 30, 2013
We need only one Let function... Let ( [ string = Substitute ( IP ; "." ; ¶ ) ; A = GetValue ( string ; 1 ) ; B = GetValue ( string ; 2 ) ; C = GetValue ( string ; 3 ) ; D = GetValue ( string ; 4 ) ]; ( (a * 256 + b ) * 256 + c ) * 256 + d )

		Dick Impens, MaltaCode Oct 1, 2013
Thx unix, neat formattig.

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