Hello.
I'm needing to store the IP adress as a variable in my application.
I was then wondering, what the most efficient way of doing this would be?
I would simply make 4 integers, and then in a setter function, read four arguments, and pass them into those four integers, and checking if it is valid for an ip. Ex. int1 = 192; int2 = 168; int3 = 1; int4 = 1;
I imagine than using hex in some way would be best? Whats your suggestion? :D
Thanks!
Well, since an IP address is a 32-bit integral value (IPv4), I would probably use a 32-bit unsigned integer.
Well, since an IP address is a 32-bit integral value (IPv4), I would probably use a 32-bit unsigned integer.
I'm just wondering then, what about an IP like 87.185.83.120? Would I store it in the integer as 87185083120 and then assume a 0 at front for each "missing" digit?
Realise that IPv4 runs from 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255
Each dotted number fits neatly into a single byte, that's how it's normally stored.
Yeah, okay - So, you suggest a bytearray? :)
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