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Function parseIPv6AddressToUInt16Array ​

Source: ParseIPv6Address.ts

Parses an IPv6 address and returns an array of exactly 8 unsigned 16-bit integers (0–65535), one per segment. The :: shorthand is expanded before parsing.

See also parseIPv6Address for a hexadecimal-string representation.

Import ​

ts
import { parseIPv6AddressToUInt16Array } from '@litert/utils-network';

Signature ​

ts
function parseIPv6AddressToUInt16Array(ip: string): number[];

Parameters ​

  • Parameter ip: string

    The IPv6 address to parse. Accepts any valid IPv6 notation.

Return Value ​

An array of exactly 8 numbers in the range [0, 65535].

Error Handling ​

  • TypeError — Thrown when the input string is not a valid IPv6 address.

Examples ​

ts
import { parseIPv6AddressToUInt16Array } from '@litert/utils-network';

parseIPv6AddressToUInt16Array('::1');
// [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]

parseIPv6AddressToUInt16Array('2001:db8::1');
// [8193, 3512, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]