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Get IP Address, C/C++
string getIPAddress(){
string ipAddress="Unable to get IP Address";
struct ifaddrs *interfaces = NULL;
struct ifaddrs *temp_addr = NULL;
int success = 0;
// retrieve the current interfaces - returns 0 on success
success = getifaddrs(&interfaces);
if (success == 0) {
// Loop through linked list of interfaces
temp_addr = interfaces;
while(temp_addr != NULL) {
if(temp_addr->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET) {
// Check if interface is en0 which is the wifi connection on the iPhone
if(strcmp(temp_addr->ifa_name, "en0")){
ipAddress=inet_ntoa(((struct sockaddr_in*)temp_addr->ifa_addr)->sin_addr);
}
}
temp_addr = temp_addr->ifa_next;
}
}
// Free memory
freeifaddrs(interfaces);
return ipAddress;
}
@Respekt1
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Be careful with string compare ;-)

string getIPAddress(){
    string ipAddress="Unable to get IP Address";
    struct ifaddrs *interfaces = NULL;
    struct ifaddrs *temp_addr = NULL;
    int success = 0;
    // retrieve the current interfaces - returns 0 on success
    success = getifaddrs(&interfaces);
    if (success == 0) {
        // Loop through linked list of interfaces
        temp_addr = interfaces;
        while(temp_addr != NULL) {
            if(temp_addr->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET) {
                // Check if interface is en0 which is the wifi connection on the iPhone
                if(strcmp(temp_addr->ifa_name, "en0")==0){
                    ipAddress=inet_ntoa(((struct sockaddr_in*)temp_addr->ifa_addr)->sin_addr);
                }
            }
            temp_addr = temp_addr->ifa_next;
        }
    }
    // Free memory
    freeifaddrs(interfaces);
    return ipAddress;
}

@adi-dev-vikram
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I think you can use strncmp or any other bounded string compare method.

@virtuosonic
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strcmp returns 0 when inputs are equal, also you should add a break to avoid looping once you have the value

Be careful with string compare ;-)

string getIPAddress(){
    string ipAddress="Unable to get IP Address";
    struct ifaddrs *interfaces = NULL;
    struct ifaddrs *temp_addr = NULL;
    int success = 0;
    // retrieve the current interfaces - returns 0 on success
    success = getifaddrs(&interfaces);
    if (success == 0) {
        // Loop through linked list of interfaces
        temp_addr = interfaces;
        while(temp_addr != NULL) {
            if(temp_addr->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET) {
                // Check if interface is en0 which is the wifi connection on the iPhone
                if(!strcmp(temp_addr->ifa_name, "en0")){
                    ipAddress=inet_ntoa(((struct sockaddr_in*)temp_addr->ifa_addr)->sin_addr);
                    break;
                }
            }
            temp_addr = temp_addr->ifa_next;
        }
    }
    // Free memory
    freeifaddrs(interfaces);
    return ipAddress;
}

but the C++ way of doing things would be using string_view

if(string_view(temp_addr->ifa_name) == "en0")

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