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

def ip2Hex(ip = None):
    '''Returns IP in Int format from Octet form'''
    #verifyFormat(ip)
    digits=ip.split('.')
    numericIp=0
    count=0
    for num in reversed(digits):
        print "%d " % int(num)
        numericIp += int(num) * 256 **(count)
        count +=1
    print "Numeric IP:",numericIp
    print "Numeric IP Hex:",hex(numericIp)

ip2Hex('192.168.192.14')
ip2Hex('1.1.1.1')
ip2Hex('1.0.0.0')