VBA: Parsing multiple IP addresses from a string

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sushinutnc

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I have some code that will parse the FIRST IP address it finds in a string. Could someone help with the code for continuing through the remaining part of the string and parsing out any additional IP addresses it finds and concatenating them with a comma and space (", ")?

There are specific rules for validating a "proper" IP, but for the purposes of my work, I don't need to validate. I found the following code on a google group (thanks Jeff M). All it does is parse the numeric text surrounding the 3 periods that all valid IPv4 addresses contain. For my purposes, it works.

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Function FindIP(IP As String) As String
Dim cnt As Integer, NoOfDots As Integer
Dim i As Integer, c As Integer

For i = 1 To Len(IP)
If IsNumeric(Mid(IP, i, 1)) Or Mid(IP, i, 1) = "." Then
cnt = cnt + 1
Else
'More than 6 consecutive char's that are
'either numeric or dot (".")
If cnt > 6 Then
FindIP = Mid(IP, i - cnt, cnt)

'Count the number of dot's
NoOfDots = 0
For c = 1 To Len(FindIP)
If Mid(FindIP, c, 1) = "." Then
NoOfDots = NoOfDots + 1
End If
Next c

'Check no of dots (s/b 3)
If NoOfDots = 3 Then
Exit Function
Else
FindIP = ""
End If

End If
cnt = 0
End If
Next i
End Function
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So, what I need is for this code to loop through the rest of the input string and pull out any additional IPs (an array?).

Here are two examples (there may be 100s of chars in a input field. These are just examples).

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EXAMPLE INPUT1:
We have a problem with 192.168.3.43 and also with 172.16.234.12. Also might have a problem with 10.168.4.1.

OUTPUT with above code is:
192.168.3.43

DESIRED OUTPUT:
192.168.3.43, 172.16.234.12, 10.168.4.1
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************
EXAMPLE INPUT2:
There is a system at 192.168.23.142, but it's not communicating with 192.168.4.132. Please call me at 555.432.2534 to see if it's talking to 10.4.22.3. My IP is 172.16.4.12. Thanks!

OUTPUT with above code is:
192.168.23.142

DESIRED OUTPUT:
192.168.23.142, 192.168.4.132, 10.4.22.3, 172.16.4.12
************


(BTW, I didn't want to get technical with this, but if anyone wants to validate parsed IPs, they are comprised of four, 8-bit numbers (octets) separated by three "dots". For the purposes of this discussion valid IPs could range from "0.0.0.0" to "255.255.255.255"; i.e., each octet can range from 0-255).

THANK you in advance for any help!
 
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Here's the Jeanie output from it, but because they are non-printables, I believe HTML isn't handling them well, either. I'm guessing they are carriage returns and tabs. Unfortunately, I can't post a gif directly to the forum, so you could see what it looks like within Excel. I noticed, when I put wordwrap on, the results look more similar to the Jeanie HTML here:
<TABLE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2pt; PADDING-LEFT: 2pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=1><COLGROUP><COL style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; WIDTH: 30px"><COL style="WIDTH: 296px"><COL style="WIDTH: 234px"></COLGROUP><TBODY><TR style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><TD> </TD><TD>A</TD><TD>B</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 306px"><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; TEXT-ALIGN: center">1</TD><TD style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL">
Customer Name: BLAH BLAH
Customer Phone Number: 555-555-1212
Customer Email Address: Blah.Blahblah@blahblah.com
Hostname:
IP Address: 192.168.1.3
Name: BLAH BLAH
Phone Number: 555-555-1212
Email Address: Blahblah.Blah@blahblah.com
Type of Problem: Please Create Ticket for BLAH BLAH
Detailed Problem Description: User needs help with Blah blah blah

Please assign to Blah B. Blah.....

Date/Time:7/20/2009 3:05:19 PM</TD><TD>
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I didn't know the text could have several lines.

Try replacing the pattern:

Code: 
    .Pattern = "[\s\S]*?(\d{1,3}(\.\d{1,3}){3})|[\s\S]*"
 
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pgc01 said:
I didn't know the text could have several lines.

Try replacing the pattern:

Code: 
    .Pattern = "[\s\S]*?(\d{1,3}(\.\d{1,3}){3})|[\s\S]*"
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THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP!! That did it!

See... I didn't know that the text actually had lines... within Excel, I can't actually see the linefeeds or carriage returns that are there. They show up as a single, huge line. In the Jeanie HTML I posted, it's obvious though.

I'd love to know what your change did to the RegEx.
 
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sushinutnc said:
I'd love to know what your change did to the RegEx.
Click to expand...

Since I did not know that the text might have several lines, in the first RegEx I used the dot "." that is interpreted by a RegEx as any character except newline. This caused each line to be parsed individually, and it had at as result the extra commas.

I replaced the "." by "[\s\S]" which means any character. This means that now all the text is parsed as one only line and the newlines are treated as any other character.
 
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Fantastic. For years, I considered myself an advanced Excel user, including training many people on more advanced built-in functions, like pivot tables and statistical functions. I've only ventured into VBA a few times though, and not being a visual or OO coder, I never spent any time trying to learn it. Your help is MUCH appreciated!
 
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Thought I'd follow up with the only two errors I had after visually inspecting the dataset....

The original data being parsed are mostly contents of email messages that have been copy/pasted into a database.

It found a few phone numbers with the long distance "1" that were caught by the code, as well as an occasional serial number/string that contained the three "dots", but would not be considered valid IP strings.


<TABLE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2pt; PADDING-LEFT: 2pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=1><COLGROUP><COL style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; WIDTH: 30px"><COL style="WIDTH: 396px"><COL style="WIDTH: 248px"></COLGROUP><TBODY><TR style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><TD> </TD><TD>A</TD><TD>B</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; TEXT-ALIGN: center">61</TD><TD>1.888.555.1212</TD><TD>1.888.555.121</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 17px"><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; TEXT-ALIGN: center">62</TD><TD>X-Version: 5.4.2.338381, Engine: 2.6.0.325393, Data: 2009.2.12.190722</TD><TD>5.4.2.338, 2.6.0.325, 009.2.12.190</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


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Not a problem for my purposes... again, thanks.
 
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Hi again

As I said in my first post, "this is just a simple parsing with little checking".

To get rid of the 2 errors you posted, replace the pattern with:

Code: 
    .Pattern = "[\s\S]*?(\d{1,3}(\.\d{1,3}){3}(?!\d))|[\s\S]*"

I'm just saying that the IP cannot be followed by a digit. This removes the 2 errors you posted.
 
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Hi

This is a more serious solution. This code extracts the IP addresses from the text.

The IP address is a structure like

###.###.###.###

where ### represents a number 0 to 255, with or without left padding zeros.

Ex.: 1.2.3.4 0.255.0.255 001.123.234.047 100.100.100.100

Valid IP addresses are not extracted when followed or preceeded by a digit or when inside a dot number structure with more than 4 numbers like #.#.#.#.# where # represents a number.

Examples of valid IP addresses (in red) not extracted

1000.100.100.100, 100.100.100.1000, 1000.100.100.100.100

Try:

Code: 
Function ExtractIPs(s As String) As String
Const sOctP As String = "(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[01]?\d{1,2})" ' Pattern for an octet, only valid 0 to 255
Const sIPAddrP As String = "(?:" & sOctP & "(?:\." & sOctP & "){3}(?!\d))" ' pattern for the IP address
Const s1OctIP As String = "(?:\d{4,}|[3-9]\d\d|2[6-9]\d|25[6-9])" ' invalid first octet
 
With CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")
    .Pattern = "[\s\S]*?(?:\d+(?:\.\d+){4,}|" & s1OctIP & "|(" & sIPAddrP & "))|[\s\S]*"
    .Global = True
    ExtractIPs = Replace(Application.Trim(.Replace(s, " $1")), " ", ", ")
End With
End Function


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BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #000000; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #9cf; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">3</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">432.23.46.12 234.650.23.6 234.123.421.44 12.34.56.256 255.25
5.255.255</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">255.255.255.255</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #000000; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #9cf; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">4</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">1.10.100.210 1.10.100.254 1.10.100.255 1.10.100.256 1.10.100
.400 </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">1.10.100.210, 1.10.100.254, 1.10.100.255</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #000000; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #9cf; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">5</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">1234.56.78.90 1.2.3.4.5.6 123.45.67.89</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">123.45.67.89</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #000000; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #9cf; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">6</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #000000; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #9cf; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">7</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">We have a problem with 192.168.3.43 and also with 172.16.234
.12. Also might have a problem with 10.168.4.1.</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">192.168.3.43, 172.16.234.12, 10.168.4.1</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #000000; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #9cf; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">8</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">There is a system at 192.168.23.142, but it's not communicat
ing with 192.168.4.132. Please call me at 555.432.2534 to se
e if it's talking to 10.4.22.3. My IP is 172.16.4.12. Thanks
!</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">192.168.23.142, 192.168.4.132, 10.4.22.3, 172.16.4.12</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #000000; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #9cf; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">9</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">We have a problem with 192.168.3.43 and also

with 172.16.234.12. Also might have a problem with 10.168.4.1.
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">192.168.3.43, 172.16.234.12, 10.168.4.1</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #000000; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #9cf; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">10</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">X-Version: 5.4.2.338381, Engine: 2.6.0.325393, Data: 2009.2.
12.190722</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #000000; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #9cf; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">11</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">We have a problem with 192.168.3.43

and also with 172.16.2
34.12. Also might have a
problem with 10.168.4.1.
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">192.168.3.43, 172.16.234.12, 10.168.4.1</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #000000; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #000000; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #9cf; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #000000; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em">12</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #888888; TEXT-ALIGN: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.25em; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #888888; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #888888; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 0.4em"> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 1em; BACKGROUND: #9cf" colSpan=4>[Book1.xlsb]Sheet5</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
 
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FANTASTIC! I just found another project where this will come in VERY HANDY. It requires the same thing, but I only need unique IPs.

INPUT:
There is a system at 192.168.23.142, but it's not communicating with 192.168.4.132. Please call me at 1.555.432.2534 to see if it's talking to 10.4.22.3. My IP is 172.16.4.12. Here is a log:
192.168.23.142 2009/07/20 10:45:34 172.16.4.12
192.168.43.14 2009/07/20 10:45:35 172.16.4.12
192.168.23.142 2009/07/20 10:45:36 172.16.4.12
192.168.23.142 2009/07/20 10:45:38 172.16.4.12

DESIRED OUTPUT:
192.168.23.142, 192.168.4.132, 10.4.22.3, 172.16.4.12, 192.168.43.14

Much obliged for your assistance. I'm learning TONS from this.
 
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Now that the difficult part is done (the parsing) it's just a question of collecting the unique IP's.

I'm leaving now but, if you or someone else doesn't do it, I'll do it tonight or tomorrow.

In the meanwhile, just a coulple of questions (altough it may seem evident):

- the IP's can have padding zeros in the octets, but be equivalent, like
10.10.10.10 and 010.010.010.010. You want them to be considered the same, right?

- What's the format for the output, zero-padded or not?
 
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