/* return 1 if string contain only digits, else return 0 */ int valid_digit(char *ip_str) { while (*ip_str) { if (*ip_str >= '0' && *ip_str <= '9') ++ip_str; else return 0; } return 1; } /* return 1 if IP string is valid, else return 0 */ int is_valid_ip(char *ip_str) { int i, num, dots = 0; char *ptr; if (ip_str == NULL) return 0; // See following link for strtok() // http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/strtok_r.html ptr = strtok(ip_str, DELIM); if (ptr == NULL) return 0; while (ptr) { /* after parsing string, it must contain only digits */ if (!valid_digit(ptr)) return 0; num = atoi(ptr); /* check for valid IP */ if (num >= 0 && num <= 255) { /* parse remaining string */ ptr = strtok(NULL, DELIM); if (ptr != NULL) ++dots; } else return 0; } /* valid IP string must contain 3 dots */ if (dots != 3) return 0; return 1; }