Convert IP between IPv4 and numerical format in java

Question

An IPv4 can have more representations: as string (a.b.c.d) or numerical (as an unsigned int of 32 bits). (Maybe other, but I will ignore them.)

Is there any

Answer 1

Heres is a way to Convert IP to Number. I found it a valid way to accomplish the task in Java.

public long ipToLong(String ipAddress) {

    String[] ipAddressInArray = ipAddress.split("\\.");

    long result = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < ipAddressInArray.length; i++) {

        int power = 3 - i;
        int ip = Integer.parseInt(ipAddressInArray[i]);
        result += ip * Math.pow(256, power);

    }

    return result;
  }

This is also how you would implement it in Scala.

  def convertIPToLong(ipAddress: String): Long = {

    val ipAddressInArray = ipAddress.split("\\.")
    var result = 0L

    for (i  <- 0  to ipAddressInArray.length-1) {
      val power = 3 - i
      val ip = ipAddressInArray(i).toInt
      val longIP = (ip * Math.pow(256, power)).toLong
      result = result +longIP
    }
    result
  }