Method: IPAddress::IPv6.parse_hex

Defined in:

lib/ipaddress/ipv6.rb

.parse_hex(hex, prefix = 128) ⇒ Object

Creates a new IPv6 object from a number expressed in hexdecimal format:

ip6 = IPAddress::IPv6::parse_hex("20010db80000000000080800200c417a")
ip6.prefix = 64

ip6.to_string
  #=> "2001:db8::8:800:200c:417a/64"

The prefix parameter is optional:

ip6 = IPAddress::IPv6::parse_hex("20010db80000000000080800200c417a", 64)

ip6.to_string
  #=> "2001:db8::8:800:200c:417a/64"

# File 'lib/ipaddress/ipv6.rb', line 627

def self.parse_hex(hex, prefix=128)
  self.parse_u128(hex.hex, prefix)
end