Forums Scripts & Popups ban detection

hello again.
i've been having a problem detecting a ban against myself.
what i do is:

if (($banmask == $address($me,1)) || ($banmask == $address($me,2)) || ($banmask == $address($me,3)) || ($banmask == $address($me,4)) || ($banmask == $address($me,5)) || ($banmask == $address($me,6)) || ($banmask == $address($me,7)) || ($banmask == $address($me,8)) || ($banmask == $address($me,9))

i know it looks silly, but i don't know any other way, and this doesn't work if, for example, my ip is 231.111.222.333 and some user bans me like *!*@*2*3
cand you please tell me some other way to detect bans against me?/
thank you.

-Andy

thanks.

if ($banmask iswm $ial($me))

just what i needed

You're welcome.

-Andy