How do you validate that a string is a valid IPv4 address in C++?

Question

I don\'t need to validate that the IP address is reachable or anything like that. I just want to validate that the string is in dotted-quad (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) IPv4 format, w

Answer 1

I have done the same using only C stdlib functions altough it does not support octal quads as mentioned above, but that should not be an issue, I can easily add that part and give it to you. Being a beginner (student) I din't even know until now that it is possible to get an octal number within your ip. I thought it must be a decimal.