Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import java.util.StringTokenizer; public class Main { public static int stringIPtoInt(String ip) { StringTokenizer ipTokens = new StringTokenizer(ip, "."); int ipArray[] = new int[4]; ipArray[0] = Integer.parseInt(ipTokens.nextToken()); ipArray[1] = Integer.parseInt(ipTokens.nextToken()); ipArray[2] = Integer.parseInt(ipTokens.nextToken()); ipArray[3] = Integer.parseInt(ipTokens.nextToken()); return (ipArray[0] << 24) + (ipArray[1] << 16) + (ipArray[2] << 8) + ipArray[3]; } }