c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "use Test::More 'no_plan'; use Test::NoWarnings; ;; VECTOR: for my $ar_vector ( [ '1.133.123.123', 1 ], [ '1.2.3.4', 1 ], [ '11.22.33.44', 1 ], [ '0.0.0.0', 1 ], [ '255.255.255.255', 1 ], [ '', '' ], [ '1asdf1.133.123.123', '' ], [ '12341.133.', '' ], [ '0.0.0.256', '' ], [ 'not at all valid', '' ], [ '1.2.3.4.5', '' ], [ '1111.2.3.1111', '' ], ) { my ($ip, $valid) = @$ar_vector; ;; my $status = $valid ? 'valid' : 'INVALID'; is IP_valid($ip), $valid, qq{'$ip' $status}; } ;; done_testing; ;; ;; use Regexp::Common qw(net); ;; sub IP_valid { my ($ip) = @_; return $ip =~ m{ \A $RE{net}{IPv4} \z }xms; } " ok 1 - '1.133.123.123' valid ok 2 - '1.2.3.4' valid ok 3 - '11.22.33.44' valid ok 4 - '0.0.0.0' valid ok 5 - '255.255.255.255' valid ok 6 - '' INVALID ok 7 - '1asdf1.133.123.123' INVALID ok 8 - '12341.133.' INVALID ok 9 - '0.0.0.256' INVALID ok 10 - 'not at all valid' INVALID ok 11 - '1.2.3.4.5' INVALID ok 12 - '1111.2.3.1111' INVALID 1..12 ok 13 - no warnings 1..13