Public/Get-specFirstThreeIPOctets.ps1

function Get-specFirstThreeIPOctets {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        [Parameter()]
        [string]$IPAddress
    )
    process {
        try {
            # Split the IP address into octets
            $octets = $IPAddress -split '\.'

            # Return the first three octets
            return ($octets[0..2] -join '.')
        } catch {
            Write-Error "Failed to process the IP address: $_"
        }
    }
}