Python | Remove leading zeros from an IP address
Given an IP address, remove leading zeros from the IP address.
Examples:
Input : 100.020.003.400 Output : 100.20.3.400 Input :001.200.001.004 Output : 1.200.1.4
Method 1 : Traversal and join
The approach is to split the given string by “.” and then convert it to an integer which removes the leading zeros and then join back them to a string.To convert a string to an integer we can use int(s) and then convert it back to string by str(s) and then join them back by using join function.
# Python program to remove leading zeros # an IP address and print the IP # function to remove leading zerosdef removeZeros(ip): # splits the ip by "." # converts the words to integeres to remove leading removeZeros # convert back the integer to string and join them back to a string new_ip = ".".join([str(int(i)) for i in ip.split(".")]) return new_ip ; # driver code # example1ip ="100.020.003.400" print(removeZeros(ip)) # example2ip ="001.200.001.004"print(removeZeros(ip)) |
Output:
100.20.3.400 1.200.1.4
Method 2 : Regex
Using a capture group, match the last digit and copy it and prevents all the digits from being replaced.
regex \d can be explained as:
- \d : Matches any decimal digit
\d Matches any decimal digit, this is equivalent to the set class [0-9]. - \b allows you to perform a “whole words only” search using a regular expression in the form of \bword\b
regex \b can be explained as :\b allows you to perform a "whole words only" search u sing a regular expression in the form of \bword\b
# Python program to remove leading zeros # an IP address and print the IP using regeximport re # function to remove leading zerosdef removeZeros(ip): new_ip = re.sub(r'\b0+(\d)', r'\1', ip) # splits the ip by "." # converts the words to integeres to remove leading removeZeros # convert back the integer to string and join them back to a string return new_ip # driver code # example1ip ="100.020.003.400" print(removeZeros(ip)) # example2ip ="001.200.001.004"print(removeZeros(ip)) |
Output:
100.20.3.400 1.200.1.4
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