function [ ipaddress ] = getLocalIP()
%GETLOCALIP returns the ipaddress of the current windows machine
    if ispc
        % Code to run on Windows plaform
        [status,result]=system('ipconfig');
        if ~(status == 0)
            error('Failed to find local IP address');
        end
        [startIndex,endIndex] = regexp(result,'(?<=\n   IPv4 Address[ \.]*: )([0-9]{1,3}\.?){4}');
        if isempty(startIndex)
            error('Failed to find local IP address');
        end
        for i = 1:length(startIndex)
            ipaddress{i} = result(startIndex(i):endIndex(i));
        end
    else
        error('Function only available on Windows');
    end
end