IP.to_string
You're seeing just the function
to_string
, go back to IP module for more information.
Specs
Converts an ip address to a string.
For some situations, like converting an ip address to a hostname
you might want hyphens as delimiters instead, in which case you
should pass :hyphens as the :style
term.
Also takes, nil, in which case it emits an empty string.
iex> IP.to_string({255, 255, 255, 255})
"255.255.255.255"
iex> IP.to_string({255, 255, 255, 255}, :hyphens)
"255-255-255-255"
iex> IP.to_string({0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1})
"::1"