# Re: IP to Country (#139)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ip-to-country-139/114650>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ip-to-country-139/114650 "2007-09-17T13:23:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ip-to-country-139/114650/1 "2007-09-17T13:23:38Z")

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From: “Simon Kröger” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

> Ok, my script does not need any initialization, it uses the file  
> IpToCountry.csv exactly as downloaded.

Same here.

$ time ruby locate.rb 1.2.3.4 4.5.6.77 128.129.130.131 255.255.255.255  
no country  
US  
US  
ZZ

real 0m0.287s

time for 300 random IPs is:

real 0m1.187s