Convert an IP string to a number and vice versa

Question

How would I use python to convert an IP address that comes as a str to a decimal number and vice versa?

For example, for the IP 186.99.109.000 &l

Answer 1

One line solution without any module import:

ip2int = lambda ip: reduce(lambda a, b: (a << 8) + b, map(int, ip.split('.')), 0)
int2ip = lambda n: '.'.join([str(n >> (i << 3) & 0xFF) for i in range(0, 4)[::-1]])

Example:

In [3]: ip2int('121.248.220.85')
Out[3]: 2046352469

In [4]: int2ip(2046352469)
Out[4]: '121.248.220.85'