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parsing a string to check if it's an IP address

Hello everybody!
I woul quickly need a function
bool ParseIPString(char*)
that parses a string to check if it's in IP format.

thanks in advance for any help!

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call inet_addr( dotted ip address )
If it returns -1 then the address is malformed.

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