Re: sorting ip octets

Convert the ips to integers (there are built in functions for this) and then sort the integers, then convert them back to text form ips.

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Re^2: sorting ip octets by Anonymous Monk on Feb 16, 2005 at 18:59 UTC
I have no problem in converting them to integers, is going from column to column.	[reply]
Re^3: sorting ip octets by demerphq (Chancellor) on Feb 16, 2005 at 19:09 UTC
Have a look at the Socket module which has tools for converting IP addresses into their integer form and back. inet_aton() and inet_ntoa() come to mind... --- demerphq	[reply]


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