Thanks Larry:
I sure appreciate your help. I'm cramming
to but out an online class on rebol and I needed that.
You just saved me I half hour or so of my time.
Regards :)
Tim
At 11:33 PM 7/31/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Tim
>
>>> tup-to-num 207.69.132.8
>== 3477439496
>
>HTH
>-Larry
>
>-----------code-------------------
>
>REBOL [
> Title: "Convert IP to number"
> Author: "Larry Palmiter"
> Date: 31-Jul-2000
> File: %tup-to-num.r
> Comment: {
>Must be decimal because REBOL
>does not support 32 bit unsigned.
>Assumes 4 items in tuple
> }
>]
>
>tup-to-num: func [x /local out][
> out: 0.0
> x: head reverse parse to-string x "."
> repeat j 4 [
> out: out + (256.0 ** (j - 1) * to-integer x/:j)
> ]
>]
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 10:17 PM
>Subject: [REBOL] converting I.P. Addresses to integer
>
>
>> Hello:
>>
>> How can an I.P. address be converted to an integer?
>>
>> to-integer 207.69.132.8
>> Is illegal as far as rebol is concerned, but
>> when you really think of it:
>> 207.69.132.8 really represents a 32-bit integer
>> right?
>>
>> So, is there any easy way to do this, or do I have
>> to convert it to a string, parse it and to some
>> bit-wise shifting?
>>
>> TIA
>> Tim
>
>
