---
name: "NetSNMP::OID"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "net-snmp"
version: "5.9.5.2-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/NetSNMP::OID"
---

# NetSNMP::OID(3pm)

Perl extension for manipulating OIDs

## NAME

NetSNMP::OID - Perl extension for manipulating OIDs

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use NetSNMP::OID;
  my $oid = new NetSNMP::OID('sysContact.0');
  if ($oid < new NetSNMP::OID('ifTable')) {
      do_something();
  }
  my @numarray = $oid->to_array();
  # appending oids
  $oid = new NetSNMP::OID('.1.3');
  $oid += ".6.1";
  # -> .1.3.6.1
  # appending index strings
  $oid2 = $oid + "\"wes\"";
  # -> .1.3.6.1.3.119.101.115
  $oid3 = $oid + "\'wes\'";
  # -> .1.3.6.1.119.101.115
  $len = $oid3->length();
  # -> 7
  # retrieving indexes from an oid:
  $arrayref = $tableoid->get_indexes()
```

## DESCRIPTION

The NetSNMP::OID module is a simple wrapper around a C-based net-snmp oid (which is an array of unsigned integers).  The OID is internally stored as a C array of integers for speed purposes when doing comparisons, etc.

The standard logical expression operators (\<, \>, ==, ...) are overloaded such that lexographical comparisons may be done with them.

The + operator is overloaded to allow you to append stuff on to the end of a OID, like index segments of a table, for example.

### EXPORT

int snmp\_oid\_compare(oid1, oid2) int compare(oid1, oid2)

## AUTHOR

Wes Hardaker, \<hardaker@users.sourceforge.net\>

## SEE ALSO

SNMP, perl.

## Copyright

Copyright (c) 2002 Networks Associates Technology, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.