IP addresses

Sort IP addresses numerically

• Author: Dominique Fournier

Sorts a column containing IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6) in typical dot notation / colon. This can be most useful when using DataTables for a networking application, and reporting information containing IP address.

Plug-in code

jQuery.extend( jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, {
    "ip-address-pre": function ( a ) {
        if (!a) { return 0 }
        var i, item;
        var m = a.split("."),
            n = a.split(":"),
            x = "",
            xa = "";

        if (m.length == 4) {
            // IPV4
            for(i = 0; i < m.length; i++) {
                item = m[i];

                if(item.length == 1) {
                    x += "00" + item;
                }
                else if(item.length == 2) {
                    x += "0" + item;
                }
                else {
                    x += item;
                }
            }
        }
        else if (n.length > 0) {
            // IPV6
            var count = 0;
            for(i = 0; i < n.length; i++) {
                item = n[i];

                if (i > 0) {
                    xa += ":";
                }

                if(item.length === 0) {
                    count += 0;
                }
                else if(item.length == 1) {
                    xa += "000" + item;
                    count += 4;
                }
                else if(item.length == 2) {
                    xa += "00" + item;
                    count += 4;
                }
                else if(item.length == 3) {
                    xa += "0" + item;
                    count += 4;
                }
                else {
                    xa += item;
                    count += 4;
                }
            }

            // Padding the ::
            n = xa.split(":");
            var paddDone = 0;

            for (i = 0; i < n.length; i++) {
                item = n[i];

                if (item.length === 0 && paddDone === 0) {
                    for (var padding = 0 ; padding < (32-count) ; padding++) {
                        x += "0";
                        paddDone = 1;
                    }
                }
                else {
                    x += item;
                }
            }
        }

        return x;
    },

    "ip-address-asc": function ( a, b ) {
        return ((a < b) ? -1 : ((a > b) ? 1 : 0));
    },

    "ip-address-desc": function ( a, b ) {
        return ((a < b) ? 1 : ((a > b) ? -1 : 0));
    }
});

CDN

This plug-in is available on the DataTables CDN:

Note that if you are using multiple plug-ins, it is beneficial in terms of performance to combine the plug-ins into a single file and host it on your own server, rather than making multiple requests to the DataTables CDN.

Version control

If you have any ideas for how this plug-in can be improved, or spot anything that is in error, it is available on GitHub and pull requests are very welcome!

• This plug-in: ip-address.js
• Full DataTables plug-ins repository: DataTables/Plugins

Example

$('#example').dataTable( {
     columnDefs: [
       { type: 'ip-address', targets: 0 }
     ]
  } );