resolvehost

Resolve network host name or IP address

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    Syntax

    name = resolvehost(host)
    name = resolvehost(host,"name")
    address = resolvehost(host,"address")
    [name,address] = resolvehost(host)

    Description

    name = resolvehost(host) and name = resolvehost(host,"name") return the name of the specified host, where host is the network name or IP address.

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    address = resolvehost(host,"address") returns the address of the specified host.

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    [name,address] = resolvehost(host) returns both the name and address of the specified host.

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    Examples

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    Open Live Script

    Provide an IP address to view the associated host name.

    name = resolvehost("144.212.244.17")
    name = 
'www-ahprod.mathworks.com'

    You can specify the optional input argument "name" as well.

    name = resolvehost("144.212.244.17","name")
    name = 
'www-ahprod.mathworks.com'

    Specifying the host name instead returns the same host name.

    name = resolvehost("www.mathworks.com")
    name = 
'www.mathworks.com'
    Open Live Script

    Provide a network host name to view the associated IP address. You must include the input argument "address". 

    address = resolvehost("en.wikipedia.org","address")
    address = 
'208.80.154.224'

    Specifying the IP address instead returns the same IP address.

    address = resolvehost("208.80.154.224","address")
    address = 
'208.80.154.224'
    Open Live Script

    You can view both the network name and IP address of a specified host. You can specify either the name or IP address. In this example, the resolvehost function returns the name and address from the provided host name.

    [name,address] = resolvehost("en.wikipedia.org")
    name = 
'en.wikipedia.org'

    address = 
'208.80.154.224'

    You can also specify the IP address instead.

    [name,address] = resolvehost("208.80.154.224")
    name = 
'text-lb.eqiad.wikimedia.org'

    address = 
'208.80.154.224'

    Input Arguments

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    Network host name or IP address, specified as a character vector or string scalar.

    Data Types: char | string

    Output Arguments

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    Network name, returned as a character vector.

    IP address, returned as a character vector.

    Version History

    Introduced before R2006a

    See Also

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