host-to-ip.go

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package main

import (
	"net"
	"sort"
)

// byLastOctet implements sort.Interface used in sorting a list
// of ip address by their last octet value.
type byLastOctet []net.IP

func (n byLastOctet) Len() int      { return len(n) }
func (n byLastOctet) Swap(i, j int) { n[i], n[j] = n[j], n[i] }
func (n byLastOctet) Less(i, j int) bool {
	return []byte(n[i].To4())[3] < []byte(n[j].To4())[3]
}

// getIPsFromHosts - returns a reverse sorted list of ips based on the last octet value.
func getIPsFromHosts(hosts []string) (ips []net.IP) {
	for _, host := range hosts {
		ips = append(ips, net.ParseIP(host))
	}
	// Reverse sort ips by their last octet.
	sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(byLastOctet(ips)))
	return ips
}