Java tutorial
import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.Scanner; import java.util.SortedSet; import java.util.TreeSet; public class Main { static Long toNumeric(String ip) { Scanner sc = new Scanner(ip).useDelimiter("\\."); Long l = (sc.nextLong() << 24) + (sc.nextLong() << 16) + (sc.nextLong() << 8) + (sc.nextLong()); sc.close(); return l; } public static void main(String[] args) { Comparator<String> ipComparator = new Comparator<String>() { @Override public int compare(String ip1, String ip2) { return toNumeric(ip1).compareTo(toNumeric(ip2)); } }; SortedSet<String> ips = new TreeSet<String>(ipComparator); ips.addAll(Arrays.asList("192.168.0.1", "192.168.0.2", "192.168.0.9", "9.9.9.9", "127.0.0.1")); System.out.println(ips); } }