NAME

       Array::IntSpan::Fields -  IntSpan array using integer fields as indices

SYNOPSIS

         use Array::IntSpan::Fields;

         my $foo = Array::IntSpan::Fields
          ->new( '1.2.4',
                 ['0.0.1','0.1.0','ab'],
                 ['1.0.0','1.0.3','cd']);

         print "Address 0.0.15 has ".$foo->lookup("0.0.15").".\n";

         $foo->set_range('1.0.4','1.1.0','ef') ;

DESCRIPTION

       "Array::IntSpan::Fields" brings the advantages of "Array::IntSpan" to indices made of
       integer fields like an IP address and an ANSI SS7 point code.

       The number of integer and their maximum value is defined when calling the constructor (or
       the "set_format" method). The example in the synopsis defines an indice with 3 fields
       where their maximum values are 1,3,15 (or 0x1,0x3,0xf).

       This module converts the fields into integer before storing them into the Array::IntSpan
       module.

CONSTRUCTOR

   new (...)
       The first parameter defines the size of the integer of the fields, in number of bits. For
       an IP address, the field definition would be "8,8,8,8".

METHODS

       All methods of Array::IntSpan are available.

   set_format( field_description )
       Set another field description. Beware: no conversion or checking is done. When changing
       the format, old indices may become illegal.

   int_to_field ( integer )
       Returns the field representation of the integer.

   field_to_int ( field )
       Returns the integer value of the field. May craok if the fields values are too great with
       respect to the filed description.

AUTHOR

       Dominique Dumont, ddumont@cpan.org

       Copyright (c) 2003 Dominique Dumont. All rights reserved.

       This module is distributed under the Artistic 2.0 License. See
       https://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic-license-20.html