package main import ( "fmt" "regexp" "strings" ) var ( ipExtractionRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(.+):\d{1,5}$`) ) func extractIPFromAddress(addr string) (string, error) { matches := ipExtractionRegex.FindAllStringSubmatch(addr, -1) if len(matches) > 0 && len(matches[0]) >= 1 { return strings.Trim(matches[0][1], "[]"), nil } else { return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to extract IP address from addr %s", addr) } }