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IPv4 legal use (purpose)

Description

Returns the purpose or legal use of the given IPv4 address.

How does it work in the search window?

Select Create field in the search window toolbar, then select the IPv4 legal use operation. You need to specify one argument:

Argument

Data type

Argument

Data type

IP to test mandatory

ip

The data type of the values in the new field is string.

Example

In the demo.ecommerce.data table, we want to know the legal use of the IP addresses in our clientIpAddress field. To do it, we will create a new field using the IPv4 legal use operation. 

The arguments needed for the filter are:

  • IP to test - clientIpAddress field

Click Create field and you will see the following result:

How does it work in LINQ?

Use the operator select... as...  and add the operation syntax to create the new field. This is the syntax for the IPv4 legal use operation:

  • purpose(ip)

Example

You can copy the following LINQ script and try the above example on the demo.ecommerce.data table:

from demo.ecommerce.data select purpose(clientIpAddress) as `IPv4 legal use`