Math Decision Making Simulation
Learner Level

Implement the validateIpSegmentSimple method that checks whether a text segment is valid for an IP address part.

The input contains a string segment. Your task is to check whether it is a valid IPv4 address segment.

A valid segment must contain only digits, must represent a number from 0 to 255, and must not have leading zeros unless the segment is exactly 0. For example, 255 is valid, 256 is invalid, and 01 is invalid.

Example 1
Input:
segment (string) = 255
Return:
(boolean) true
Example 2
Input:
segment (string) = 256
Return:
(boolean) false
Example 3
Input:
segment (string) = 1
Return:
(boolean) false

Validate the segment using the standard IPv4 rules.

First reject empty strings and strings containing non-digit characters. Then reject segments with more than one character that start with 0, because leading zeros are not allowed.

Finally, convert the segment to a number and check whether it is between 0 and 255.

Pseudocode:

function validateIpSegmentSimple(segment):
    if segment is empty:
        return false
    if segment contains any non-digit character:
        return false
    if length(segment) > 1 and segment[0] == '0':
        return false
    value = convert segment to integer
    return value >= 0 and value <= 255
Run your code to see the result.