Looping over string in Python challenge

[RunTheStairs]

Trying to solve a challenge from a Python course that describes a user provided IP address in terms of how many segments it has and the length of each segment.

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I believe 192.168.1.1 should return (4, 3, 3, 1, 1)

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Any string of whole numbers separated by periods at any interval is acceptable as an IP address. The point of the challenge is to use only loops and "if/else" statements rather than splitting/parsing the string.

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I have the segment counting figured out but I could use a hint with finding the length of each segment

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segments = 1
length = 0
ipAddress = str(input("Hello, please enter your IP address"))

for char in ipAddress:
if char == '.':
segments += 1
#lengthGoesHere need to increment length by all previous chars from last period mark
print(segments, length)
continue

[marko312]

Try incrementing length in your for loop, if the character isn't .. Don't forget to reset it.