Function Name:
inet_ntoa(ip_address)
Parameters:
ip_address – The address in 32-bit packed format which is to be converted
Return Value:
Returns the IP address in dotted quad-string format.
Function Overview:
Converts an IP address, which is in 32-bit packed format to the popular human readable dotted-quad string format.
Example:
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import socket import struct
IPLong = 168496141 IP32Bit = struct.pack('!I', IPLong) IPQuad = socket.inet_ntoa(IP32Bit) print(IPQuad) |
The Python example above first converts an IP address in decimal format to 32 bit packed address.
Using the function inet_ntoa it converts the 32 bit packed address into the dotted-quad string format.
Output:
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10.11.12.13 |