IPv6 parsing in C

Question

I wanted to know how I can parse an IPv6 address in C and convert it to a 128 bit value?

So a hex address like 1:22:333:aaaa:b:c:d:e needs to be convert

Answer 1

getaddrinfo() can understand IPv6 addresses. Pass AF_INET6 to it in the hints, as well as AI_NUMERICHOST (to prevent a DNS lookup). Linux has it, Windows has it as of Windows XP.