#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; main(); exit; ############################################### sub main { my $ip = qq{127.0.0.1}; print "IP Validity Status:". validate_ip_addr($ip),$/; } sub validate_ip_addr { my ($addr_to_check) = shift; return ( $addr_to_check =~ m/(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})/ ); } #### IP Validity Status:1 #### IP Validity Status: #### IP Validity Status:0