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<h1 class="epydoc">Class CIDR</h1><p class="nomargin-top"><span class="codelink"><a href="netaddr.address-pysrc.html#CIDR">source&nbsp;code</a></span></p>
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            <strong class="uidshort">CIDR</strong>
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<p>Represents blocks of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses using CIDR (Classless 
  Inter-Domain Routing) notation.</p>
  <p>CIDR is a method of categorising contiguous blocks of both IPv4 and 
  IPv6 addresses. It is very scalable allowing for the optimal usage of the
  IP address space. It permits the aggregation of networks via route 
  summarisation (supernetting) where adjacent routes can be combined into a
  single route easily. This greatly assists in the reduction of routing 
  table sizes and improves network router efficiency.</p>
  <p>CIDR blocks are represented by a base network address and a prefix 
  indicating the size of the (variable length) subnet mask. These are 
  separated by a single '/' character. Subnet sizes increase in powers of 
  base 2 aligning to bit boundaries.</p>
  <p>It is technically invalid to have non-zero bits in a CIDR address to 
  the right of the implied netmask. For user convenience this is however 
  configurable and can be disabled using a constructor argument.</p>
  <p>The constructor accepts CIDRs expressed in one of 4 different ways 
  :-</p>
  <p>A) Standard CIDR format :-</p>
  <p>IPv4:</p>
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   x.x.x.x/y -&gt; 192.0.2.0/24
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  <p>where the x's represent the network address and y is the netmask 
  prefix between 0 and 32.</p>
  <p>IPv6:</p>
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   x::/y -&gt; fe80::/10
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  <p>where the x's represent the network address and y is the netmask 
  prefix between 0 and 128.</p>
  <p>B) Abbreviated CIDR format (IPv4 only):</p>
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   x       -&gt; 192
   x/y     -&gt; 10/8
   x.x/y   -&gt; 192.168/16
   x.x.x/y -&gt; 192.168.0/24
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  <p>which are equivalent to:</p>
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   x.0.0.0/y   -&gt; 192.0.0.0/24
   x.0.0.0/y   -&gt; 10.0.0.0/8
   x.x.0.0/y   -&gt; 192.168.0.0/16
   x.x.x.0/y   -&gt; 192.168.0.0/24

   - The trailing zeros are implicit.
   - Old classful IP address rules apply if y is omitted.
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  <p>C) Hybrid CIDR format (prefix replaced by netmask) :-</p>
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   x.x.x.x/y.y.y.y -&gt; 192.0.2.0/255.255.255.0
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  <p>IPv6:</p>
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   x::/y:: -&gt; fe80::/ffc0::
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  <p>where the y's represent a valid netmask.</p>
  <p>D) ACL-style CIDR format (prefix is replaced by a hostmask) :-</p>
  <p>Akin to Cisco's ACL (Access Control List) bitmasking (reverse 
  netmasks).</p>
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   x::/y:: -&gt; fe80::/3f:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff
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  <p>where the y's represent a valid hostmask.</p>
  <p>Reference: RFCs 1338 and 4632.</p>

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      Subtract another CIDR from this one.</td>
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      Add another CIDR to this one returning a CIDR supernet that will 
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      A generator that returns CIDR subnets based on the current network 
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      <code>__new__</code>,
      <code>__reduce__</code>,
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          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="netaddr.address.CIDR-class.html#abbrev_to_verbose" class="summary-sig-name">abbrev_to_verbose</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">abbrev_cidr</span>)</span><br />
      A static method that converts abbreviated IPv4 CIDRs to their more 
      verbose equivalent.</td>
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            <span class="codelink"><a href="netaddr.address-pysrc.html#CIDR.abbrev_to_verbose">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
            
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          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="netaddr.address.CIDR-class.html#span" class="summary-sig-name">span</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">addrs</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">fmt</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span><br />
      Static method that accepts a sequence of IP addresses and/or CIDRs, 
      Wildcards and IPRanges returning a single CIDR that is large enough 
      to span the lowest and highest IP addresses in the sequence (with a 
      possible overlap on either end).</td>
          <td align="right" valign="top">
            <span class="codelink"><a href="netaddr.address-pysrc.html#CIDR.span">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
            
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        <a name="STRATEGIES"></a><span class="summary-name">STRATEGIES</span> = <code title="ST_IPV4, ST_IPV6">ST_IPV4, ST_IPV6</code>
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      <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
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        <a name="ADDR_TYPES"></a><span class="summary-name">ADDR_TYPES</span> = <code title="AT_UNSPEC, AT_INET, AT_INET6">AT_UNSPEC, AT_INET, AT_INET6</code>
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        <a name="addr_type"></a><span class="summary-name">addr_type</span> = <code title="AddrTypeDescriptor(ADDR_TYPES)">AddrTypeDescriptor(ADDR_TYPES)</code>
    </td>
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      <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
    </td><td class="summary">
        <a name="prefixlen"></a><span class="summary-name">prefixlen</span> = <code title="PrefixLenDescriptor('CIDR')">PrefixLenDescriptor('CIDR')</code>
    </td>
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      <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
    </td><td class="summary">
        <a name="fmt"></a><span class="summary-name">fmt</span> = <code title="FormatDescriptor(IP)">FormatDescriptor(IP)</code>
    </td>
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    <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code><a href="netaddr.address.IPRange-class.html">IPRange</a></code></b>:
      <code><a href="netaddr.address.IPRange-class.html#first">first</a></code>,
      <code><a href="netaddr.address.IPRange-class.html#last">last</a></code>
      </p>
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        <a href="netaddr.address.CIDR-class.html#network" class="summary-name">network</a>
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      <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
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        <a href="netaddr.address.CIDR-class.html#broadcast" class="summary-name">broadcast</a><br />
      <b>Please Note:</b> although IPv6 doesn't actually recognise the 
      concept of a 'broadcast' address as the last address in a subnet (as 
      in IPv4) so many other libraries do this that it isn't worth trying 
      to resist.
    </td>
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      <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
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        <a href="netaddr.address.CIDR-class.html#netmask" class="summary-name">netmask</a>
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      <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
    </td><td class="summary">
        <a href="netaddr.address.CIDR-class.html#hostmask" class="summary-name">hostmask</a>
    </td>
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    <td colspan="2" class="summary">
    <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>object</code></b>:
      <code>__class__</code>
      </p>
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  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">abbrev_to_verbose</span>(<span class="sig-arg">abbrev_cidr</span>)</span>
    <br /><em class="fname">Static Method</em>
  </h3>
  </td><td align="right" valign="top"
    ><span class="codelink"><a href="netaddr.address-pysrc.html#CIDR.abbrev_to_verbose">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
    </td>
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  <p>A static method that converts abbreviated IPv4 CIDRs to their more 
  verbose equivalent.</p>
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Parameters:</dt>
    <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>abbrev_cidr</code></strong> - an abbreviated CIDR.
          <p>Uses the old-style classful IP address rules to decide on a 
          default subnet prefix if one is not explicitly provided.</p>
          <p>Only supports IPv4 addresses.</p>
          <p>Examples :</p>
<pre class="literalblock">
   10                  - 10.0.0.0/8
   10/16               - 10.0.0.0/16
   128                 - 128.0.0.0/16
   128/8               - 128.0.0.0/8
   192.168             - 192.168.0.0/16
</pre></li>
    </ul></dd>
    <dt>Returns:</dt>
        <dd>A verbose CIDR from an abbreviated CIDR or old-style classful 
          network address, <code>None</code> if format provided was not 
          recognised or supported.</dd>
  </dl>
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  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">span</span>(<span class="sig-arg">addrs</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">fmt</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
    <br /><em class="fname">Static Method</em>
  </h3>
  </td><td align="right" valign="top"
    ><span class="codelink"><a href="netaddr.address-pysrc.html#CIDR.span">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
    </td>
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  <p>Static method that accepts a sequence of IP addresses and/or CIDRs, 
  Wildcards and IPRanges returning a single CIDR that is large enough to 
  span the lowest and highest IP addresses in the sequence (with a possible
  overlap on either end).</p>
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Parameters:</dt>
    <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>addrs</code></strong> - a sequence of IP, CIDR, Wildcard or IPRange objects and/or their 
          string representations.</li>
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>fmt</code></strong> - (optional) callable used on return values. (Default: None - <a 
          href="netaddr.address.CIDR-class.html" class="link">CIDR</a> 
          object) Also accepts str() and unicode().</li>
    </ul></dd>
    <dt>Returns:</dt>
        <dd>a single CIDR object spanning all addresses.</dd>
  </dl>
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  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__init__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">cidr</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">fmt</span>=<span class="sig-default">&lt;class 'netaddr.address.IP'&gt;</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">strict</span>=<span class="sig-default">True</span>)</span>
    <br /><em class="fname">(Constructor)</em>
  </h3>
  </td><td align="right" valign="top"
    ><span class="codelink"><a href="netaddr.address-pysrc.html#CIDR.__init__">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
    </td>
  </tr></table>
  
  <p>Constructor.</p>
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Parameters:</dt>
    <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>cidr</code></strong> - a valid IPv4/IPv6 CIDR address or abbreviated IPv4 network 
          address.</li>
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>fmt</code></strong> - (optional) callable used on return values. Default: <a 
          href="netaddr.address.IP-class.html" class="link">IP</a> class. 
          See <a href="netaddr.address-module.html#nrange" 
          class="link">nrange()</a> documentations for more details on the 
          various options.</li>
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>strict</code></strong> - (optional) performs a test to ensure there are no non-zero bits 
          to the right of the subnet mask or prefix when it is applied to 
          the base address. (default: True)</li>
    </ul></dd>
    <dt>Overrides:
        object.__init__
    </dt>
  </dl>
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  <tr valign="top"><td>
  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__sub__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">other</span>)</span>
    <br /><em class="fname">(Subtraction operator)</em>
  </h3>
  </td><td align="right" valign="top"
    ><span class="codelink"><a href="netaddr.address-pysrc.html#CIDR.__sub__">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
    </td>
  </tr></table>
  
  <p>Subtract another CIDR from this one.</p>
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Parameters:</dt>
    <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>other</code></strong> - a CIDR object that is greater than or equal to <code>self</code>.</li>
    </ul></dd>
    <dt>Returns:</dt>
        <dd>A list of CIDR objects than remain after subtracting 
          <code>other</code> from <code>self</code>.</dd>
  </dl>
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  <tr valign="top"><td>
  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__add__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">other</span>)</span>
    <br /><em class="fname">(Addition operator)</em>
  </h3>
  </td><td align="right" valign="top"
    ><span class="codelink"><a href="netaddr.address-pysrc.html#CIDR.__add__">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
    </td>
  </tr></table>
  
  <p>Add another CIDR to this one returning a CIDR supernet that will 
  contain both in the smallest possible sized range.</p>
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Parameters:</dt>
    <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>other</code></strong> - a CIDR object.</li>
    </ul></dd>
    <dt>Returns:</dt>
        <dd>A new (potentially larger) CIDR object.</dd>
  </dl>
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  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">subnet</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">prefixlen</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">count</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">fmt</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  </td><td align="right" valign="top"
    ><span class="codelink"><a href="netaddr.address-pysrc.html#CIDR.subnet">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
    </td>
  </tr></table>
  
  <p>A generator that returns CIDR subnets based on the current network 
  base address and provided CIDR prefix and count.</p>
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Parameters:</dt>
    <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>prefixlen</code></strong> - a CIDR prefix.</li>
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>count</code></strong> - number of consecutive CIDRs to be returned.</li>
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>fmt</code></strong> - callable used on return values. Default: None - <a 
          href="netaddr.address.CIDR-class.html" class="link">CIDR</a> 
          objects. str() and unicode() supported.</li>
    </ul></dd>
    <dt>Returns:</dt>
        <dd>an iterator (as lists could potentially be very large) containing
          CIDR subnets below this CIDR's base address.</dd>
  </dl>
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  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">cidrs</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  </td><td align="right" valign="top"
    ><span class="codelink"><a href="netaddr.address-pysrc.html#CIDR.cidrs">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
    </td>
  </tr></table>
  
  
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Returns:</dt>
        <dd>A list of a copy of this <a 
          href="netaddr.address.CIDR-class.html" class="link">CIDR</a> 
          object. This method is here mainly for compatibility with IPRange
          interface.</dd>
    <dt>Overrides:
        <a href="netaddr.address.IPRange-class.html#cidrs">IPRange.cidrs</a>
    </dt>
  </dl>
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    <br /><em class="fname">(Informal representation operator)</em>
  </h3>
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    ><span class="codelink"><a href="netaddr.address-pysrc.html#CIDR.__str__">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
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  <p>str(x)</p>
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Overrides:
        object.__str__
        <dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd>
    </dt>
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    <br /><em class="fname">(Representation operator)</em>
  </h3>
  </td><td align="right" valign="top"
    ><span class="codelink"><a href="netaddr.address-pysrc.html#CIDR.__repr__">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
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  <p>repr(x)</p>
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Returns:</dt>
        <dd>executable Python string to recreate equivalent object.</dd>
    <dt>Overrides:
        object.__repr__
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  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Get Method:</dt>
    <dd class="value"><span class="summary-sig"><i>unreachable</i>.network(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
        - Returns:
The network (first) address in this CIDR block.
    </dd>
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  <h3 class="epydoc">broadcast</h3>
  <p><b>Please Note:</b> although IPv6 doesn't actually recognise the 
  concept of a 'broadcast' address as the last address in a subnet (as in 
  IPv4) so many other libraries do this that it isn't worth trying to 
  resist. This issue raises so many user queries that it is easier to 
  dispense with the theory and be pragmatic instead.</p>
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Get Method:</dt>
    <dd class="value"><span class="summary-sig"><i>unreachable</i>.broadcast(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
        - <b>Please Note:</b> although IPv6 doesn't actually recognise the concept of
a 'broadcast' address as the last address in a subnet (as in IPv4) so many 
other libraries do this that it isn't worth trying to resist.
    </dd>
  </dl>
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  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Get Method:</dt>
    <dd class="value"><span class="summary-sig"><i>unreachable</i>.netmask(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
        - Returns:
The subnet mask address of this CIDR block.
    </dd>
  </dl>
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  <h3 class="epydoc">hostmask</h3>
  
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Get Method:</dt>
    <dd class="value"><span class="summary-sig"><i>unreachable</i>.hostmask(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
        - Returns:
The host mask address of this CIDR block.
    </dd>
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