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  • ipaddr.rb

IPSocket

Public Class Methods

getaddress(s) click to toggle source

Returns a String based representation of a valid DNS hostname, IPv4 or IPv6 address.

IPSocket.getaddress 'localhost'         #=> "::1"
IPSocket.getaddress 'broadcasthost'     #=> "255.255.255.255"
IPSocket.getaddress 'www.ruby-lang.org' #=> "221.186.184.68"
IPSocket.getaddress 'www.ccc.de'        #=> "2a00:1328:e102:ccc0::122"

 
               # File ipaddr.rb, line 654
def getaddress(s)
  if valid_v6?(s)
    s
  else
    getaddress_orig(s)
  end
end
Also aliased as: getaddress_orig
getaddress_orig(s) click to toggle source
Alias for: getaddress