Re: Sorting IP Address Data

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:58, Chris Aitken wrote: > Hi all, > > Just a quick one, > > I am pulling a whole Class C list of IP addresses, and im trying to > sort them in order, but im getting it displayed > > 127.0.0.1 > 127.0.0.10 > 127.0.0.100 > 127.0.0.101 > 127.0.0.102 > > etc. Is there any other way to sort this thinking they are numbers, > rather than text ? > > > Thanks > > > Chris Chris Poke them in an array, and use asort() or sort()with the sortflag parameter set for numeric. I think that should work. The optional second parameter sort_flags may be used to modify the sorting behavior using theese values: Sorting type flags: • SORT_REGULAR - compare items normally • SORT_NUMERIC - compare items numerically • SORT_STRING - compare items as strings -- David Robley Techno-JoaT, Web Maintainer, Mail List Admin, etc CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES Flinders University, SOUTH AUSTRALIA "I'm about to hit the golf ball," Tom forewarned.