Match 128-255

I'm trying to match the last octet of an IP address with addresses ending in range 128-255.

I thought this should work:

^[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[128-255]

I've been googleing and trying out different expressions for the past few hours. I can't seem to get this one.

Thanks!

Character sets work with characters. They have no concept of number ranges: "128-255" means "characters 1, 2, 8 through 2, 5, and another 5".

It's complicated so enjoy:

It would be easier if you simply matched captured that octet and checked in code if is was in your desired range.

Hi,

The character class [...] matches a single character inside a certain group. You cannot use it to describe complex expressions.

A regular expression is generally the wrong tool for number checking, because a simple range like "128-255" is pretty difficult to describe on syntax level.

It would be something like

12[89]|1[3-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5]

So you should rather do that in your application.

Matching IP addresses with regexs is a very bad idea and is best left to masochists. There are some good reasons to use regular expressions, but this isn't one of them.

Best thing to do would be to split the IP address into four octets using . as the delimiter. Then simply convert the last octet to int and check if it is within the range you expect.

See this discussion on Raymond Chen's blog for details.

I think this has been said often enough now...