Daniel Carrera wrote: > I don't quite undersatnd your question. Could you elaborate? > I solved it in my script at least. n = "foo" if not x.eql? nil > I don't think so. Why don't you just write your own? > I may have to have to, but regrettably, math is not my strongest point. > What's the format of your input? > Standard IP addy, "127.0.0.1". I know what I am looking for can be accompished with the hton() function in C, (converts host to network byte order). I looked for a similier function/method in ruby and failed to find one, so I found out that it is simply converted to base 10, hence this question. :) Side Note: My apologies to you Daniel regarding the CSS on the Ruby-GNOME2 website font size. I still have not had the chance to fix it, and I had told you I would correct it a couple of weeks ago. I have fixed it, and will upload it tonight. --ghost--