#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w use strict; use Net::IP qw/:PROC/; # # create your Net::IP object # my $ip_addr = Net::IP->new( "192.168.0.20" ); # # $ip_int becomes a Math::BigInt object # my $ip_int = ip_bintoint( $ip_addr->binip ); print "IP Address: ", $ip_addr->ip, "\nBin: ", $ip_addr->binip, "\nInt: ", $ip_int->numify(), "\n"; # # turn the Integer into a vanilla scalar # my $int_ip = $ip_int->numify(); # # Now start from the integer and go backwards # my $bin_from_int = sprintf( "%b", $int_ip); my $ip_from_bin = ip_bintoip( $bin_from_int, 4); print "\n\nInt: $int_ip\n", "Bin: $bin_from_int\n", "IP: ", $ip_from_bin, "\n";