On Jan 7, Ken Yeo said:
>What is the best pattern matching for ip addresses? I tried $var =~
>/\b\d{1-3}\.\d{1-3}\.\d{1-3}\.\d{1-3}\s/ but the {1-3} didn't work, please
You want {1,3}, not {1-3}. Also, should that \s be a \b? And be warned
that the number 500 matches /\d{1-3}/ without being "legal" for an IP
address.
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