ipv4_compare()

Compares two IPv4 strings. The two IPv4 strings are parsed and compared while accounting for the combined IP-prefix mask calculated from argument prefixes, and the optional PrefixMask argument.

Syntax

ipv4_compare(Expr1,Expr2[ ,PrefixMask])

Parameters

Returns

• 0: If the long representation of the first IPv4 string argument is equal to the second IPv4 string argument
• 1: If the long representation of the first IPv4 string argument is greater than the second IPv4 string argument
• -1: If the long representation of the first IPv4 string argument is less than the second IPv4 string argument
• null: If conversion for one of the two IPv4 strings wasn’t successful.

Examples: IPv4 comparison equality cases

Compare IPs using the IP-prefix notation specified inside the IPv4 strings

datatable(ip1_string:string, ip2_string:string)
[
 '192.168.1.0',    '192.168.1.0',       // Equal IPs
 '192.168.1.1/24', '192.168.1.255',     // 24 bit IP-prefix is used for comparison
 '192.168.1.1',    '192.168.1.255/24',  // 24 bit IP-prefix is used for comparison
 '192.168.1.1/30', '192.168.1.255/24',  // 24 bit IP-prefix is used for comparison
]
| extend result = ipv4_compare(ip1_string, ip2_string)

Output

Compare IPs using IP-prefix notation specified inside the IPv4 strings and as additional argument of the ipv4_compare() function

datatable(ip1_string:string, ip2_string:string, prefix:long)
[
 '192.168.1.1',    '192.168.1.0',   31, // 31 bit IP-prefix is used for comparison
 '192.168.1.1/24', '192.168.1.255', 31, // 24 bit IP-prefix is used for comparison
 '192.168.1.1',    '192.168.1.255', 24, // 24 bit IP-prefix is used for comparison
]
| extend result = ipv4_compare(ip1_string, ip2_string, prefix)

Output

Related content

• Overview of IPv4/IPv6 functions
• Overview of IPv4 text match functions