Identifying an IP address

[wouter]

JB,

On 06 Apr 2007, at 11:06, jbv wrote:

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>
> yes, I'm using Regex :
>
>  put "(\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}" into myRegex
>  get matchtext(myIP , myRegex)
>
> but this one detects only 4 patterns of 1 to 3 digits separated
> by dots, hence my original concern : it will also include non
> valide IPs such as 999.999.999.999, as well as private IPs...


if you want to check an ip number without a port number attached try  
this:

put "^((\d|[01]?\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.){3}(\d|[01]?\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25 
[0-5])$" into myRegex

Greetings,
Wouter