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Sort IP addresses by octet order rather than the usual string sorting
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| #!/usr/bin/env node | |
| function ipv4Compare(a, b) { | |
| let aOctets = a.split('.'); | |
| let bOctets = b.split('.'); | |
| if (aOctets.length !== 4 || bOctets.length !==4) { | |
| throw("InvalidIPv4Address"); | |
| } | |
| if (parseInt(aOctets[0]) > parseInt(bOctets[0])) { | |
| return 1; | |
| } | |
| else if (parseInt(aOctets[0]) < parseInt(bOctets[0])) { | |
| return -1; | |
| } | |
| else if (parseInt(aOctets[1]) > parseInt(bOctets[1])) { | |
| return 1; | |
| } | |
| else if (parseInt(aOctets[1]) < parseInt(bOctets[1])) { | |
| return -1; | |
| } | |
| else if (parseInt(aOctets[2]) > parseInt(bOctets[2])) { | |
| return 1; | |
| } | |
| else if (parseInt(aOctets[2]) < parseInt(bOctets[2])) { | |
| return -1; | |
| } | |
| else if (parseInt(aOctets[3]) > parseInt(bOctets[3])) { | |
| return 1; | |
| } | |
| else if (parseInt(aOctets[3]) < parseInt(bOctets[3])) { | |
| return -1; | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| return 0; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| let ipAddrs = [ | |
| '192.168.1.161', | |
| '192.168.1.1', | |
| '192.168.1.1', | |
| '172.16.10.2', | |
| '192.168.1.18', | |
| '1.1.1.1', | |
| '192.168.1.14', | |
| '10.10.1.1' | |
| ] | |
| console.log("IP addresses:", ipAddrs); | |
| console.log("IP addresses sorted:", ipAddrs.sort()); | |
| console.log("IP addresses custom sorted:", ipAddrs.sort(ipv4Compare)); | |
| // Append an invalid IPv4 value | |
| ipAddrs.push('1.2.3'); | |
| console.log("Invalid IP address:", ipAddrs); | |
| console.log("Invalid IP address sorted:", ipAddrs.sort()); | |
| // This will fail: | |
| console.log("Invalid IP address custom sorted:", ipAddrs.sort(ipv4Compare)); |
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