has_ipv4()

Learn how to use the has_ipv4() function to check if a specified IPv4 address appears in the text.

Returns a value indicating whether a specified IPv4 address appears in a text.

IP address entrances in a text must be properly delimited with non-alphanumeric characters. For example, properly delimited IP addresses are:

  • “These requests came from: 192.168.1.1, 10.1.1.115 and 10.1.1.201”
  • “05:04:54 127.0.0.1 GET /favicon.ico 404”

Syntax

has_ipv4(source , ip_address )

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
sourcestring✔️The text to search.
ip_addressstring✔️The value containing the IP address for which to search.

Returns

true if the ip_address is a valid IPv4 address, and it was found in source. Otherwise, the function returns false.

Examples

Properly formatted IP address

print result=has_ipv4('05:04:54 127.0.0.1 GET /favicon.ico 404', '127.0.0.1')

Output

result
true

Invalid IP address

print result=has_ipv4('05:04:54 127.0.0.256 GET /favicon.ico 404', '127.0.0.256')

Output

result
false

Improperly delimited IP

print result=has_ipv4('05:04:54127.0.0.1 GET /favicon.ico 404', '127.0.0.1')

Output

result
false