#!/usr/local/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use diagnostics; use Net::IPv4Addr qw( :all ); my $var = "23.23.109.103"; print "$var\n"; #if ($var =~ m/^\d+$/) { #if ($var !~ /\D/) { if ( $var = ipv4check_ip($var)) { print "your variable is a number $var\n"; } else { print "number $var is not a number\n"; }