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# Install
`npm install ip-cidr`
# About
Module for working with CIDR (v4, v6). Based on [ip-address](https://github.com/beaugunderson/ip-address).
# Example
```js
const IPCIDR = require("ip-cidr");
const BigInteger = require("jsbn").BigInteger;
const cidr = new IPCIDR("50.165.190.0/23");
if(!cidr.isValid()) {
throw new Error('CIDR is invalid');
}
// get start ip address as a string
cidr.start();
// get end ip address as a big integer
cidr.end({ type: "bigInteger" });
// do something with each element of the range
cidr.loop(ip => console.log(ip), { type: "addressObject" });
// get an array of all ip addresses in the range as a big integer;
cidr.toArray({ type: "bigInteger" });
// get an array by chunks using from/limit
cidr.toArray({ from: 1, limit: new BigInteger('2') });
// get an array by chunks using from/to
cidr.toArray({ from: new BigInteger('1'), to: 3 });
cidr.toArray({ from: '50.165.190.1', to: '50.165.190.3' });
// get an array of start and end ip addresses as a string [startIpAsString, endIpAsString]
cidr.toRange();
```
## Client side
Load __/dist/ip-cidr.js__ as a script and you can get the library in __window.IPCIDR__
# API
### .formatIP(address, [options])
to return an "ip-address" module object in the necessary format
### .contains(address)
to check the address belongs to the range
### .start([options])
to get the start ip adress
### .end([options])
to get the end ip address
### .toString()
to convert the cidr to a string like "50.165.190.0/23"
### .toRange([options])
to convert the cidr to an array with start and end ip addresses [startIp, endIp]
### .toObject([options])
to convert the cidr to an object with start and end ip addresses {start: startIp, end: endIp}
### .toArray([options], [results])
to convert the cidr to an array with all ip addresses in the range
you can get information by chunks using **options.from/options.limit** or **options.from/options.to**
you can pass the second argument "results" (object) to get all chunk pagination information
### .loop(fn, [options], [results])
to run __fn__ for each element of the range
you can use the same chunk options as in __.toArray()__