On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 11:24:27PM -0500, Keith Calvert Ivey wrote: > That doesn't work. Try 512.1.1.1, for example, or anything > else that has a number greater than 256 without the 256 bit > set. Try this: You have to negate the 255: /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/ && !((1 | $1 | $2 | $3 | $4) & ~255 should do the trick. Holger -- + GnuPG || PGP key -> finger eitz@jonathan.weh.rwth-aachen.de + +++ Debian GNU/Linux <octavian@debian.org> +++ ICQ: 2882018 +++ ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe