Return the address as a string in dotted decimal format

Synopsis

Declared in header </boost/url/ipv4_address.hpp#L196[boost/url/ipv4_address.hpp,window=blank_]>

template<class StringToken = string_token::return_string>
StringToken::result_type
to_string(StringToken&& token) const;

Description

When called with no arguments, the return type is std::string. Otherwise, the return type and style of output is determined by which string token is passed.

Example

assert( ipv4_address(0x01020304).to_string() == "1.2.3.4" );

Complexity

Constant.

Exception Safety

Strong guarantee. Calls to allocate may throw. String tokens may throw exceptions.

Specification

Return Value

  • result_type

Parameters

Name Type

token

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