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-[![Quality Gate Status](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=rabestro_codereview-task1-ip-addresses&metric=alert_status)](https://sonarcloud.io/summary/new_code?id=rabestro_codereview-task1-ip-addresses)
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 # IPv4 addresses
 
 A simple task to count the number of unique IPv4 addresses in a huge file.
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 or implement a converter where there will be an additional check of the address for correctness.
 
 In the catalog `src/jmh` you will find benchmarks where several implementations of converters are considered. 
-At the moment, the solution seems to be close to optimal.
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+At the moment, the solution seems to be close to optimal.