From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2008-02-20T10:54:27+09:00
Subject: Re: IP Address to Decimal - is an one-liner possible?

Tiago Pinto wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> A friend of mine needs to convert a string containing an IP Address
> (such as "127.0.0.1") to a decimal (that example would translate to
> 2130706433, <http://www.allredroster.com/iptodec.htm> said).

"127.0.0.1".split(".").map{|s|s.to_i}.pack("C*").unpack("N")

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