NAME
    Net::IPAddress::Minimal - IP string to number and back

VERSION
    Version 0.01

SYNOPSIS
    This module converts IPv4 strings to integer IP numbers and vice versa.

    It's built to be used as quickly and easily as possible, which is why
    you can just simply use the invert_ip function.

    It recognizes whether you have an IPv4 string or a number and converts
    it to the other form.

    Here's a sample script:

    ` use strict; use warnings;

        use Net::IPAddress::Minimal ('invert_ip');

        my $input_string = shift @ARGV;

        my $output = invert_ip( $input_string );

        print "$output\n";
    `

EXPORT
    Three functions can be exported:

    invert_ip num_to_ip ip_to_num

SUBROUTINES/METHODS
  invert_ip
gets an IPv4 string or an IP number and converts it to the other form.
    ` my $ip_num = invert_ip( '10.200.10.130' ); # $ip_str = 180882050

        my $ip_num = invert_ip( 180882050 );
        #  $ip_str  = '10.200.10.130';
    `

  num_to_ip
    Gets an IP number and returns an IPv4 string.

        my $ip_num = num_to_ip( 3232235778 );
        #  $ip_str  = '192.168.1.2';

  ip_to_num
    Gets a IPv4 string and returns the matching IP number.

    ** Note that at the moment this function does not ensure that each of
    the class numbers are between 0-255, and it can return unexpected
    results when misused **

        my $ip_arrayref = '212.212.212.212';
        my $ip_num      = ip_to_num( $ip_arrayref );
        #  $ip_num      = 3570717908

  test_string_structure
    Checks the structure of the input string and returns flags indicating
    whether it's an IPv4 string, and IP number or something else (which is
    an error).

AUTHORS
    Tamir Lousky, "<tlousky at cpan.org>" XSawyerX, "<xsawyerx at cpan.org>"

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-net-ipaddress-minimal
    at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Net-IPAddress-Minimal>.
    I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of
    progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

        perldoc Net::IPAddress::Minimal

    You can also look for information at:

    *   RT: CPAN's request tracker

        <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Net-IPAddress-Minimal>

    *   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

        <http://annocpan.org/dist/Net-IPAddress-Minimal>

    *   CPAN Ratings

        <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Net-IPAddress-Minimal>

    *   Search CPAN

        <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-IPAddress-Minimal/>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
    Copyright 2010 Tamir Lousky.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published
    by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

    See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.