}
        hasSkip = true;
        partsSkipped++; // :: means we skipped an extra part in between the two delimiters.
        if (i == 0) {
          partsSkipped++; // Begins with ::, so we skipped the part preceding the first :
        }
        if (i == ipString.length() - 2) {
          partsSkipped++; // Ends with ::, so we skipped the part after the last :
        }
      }
    }

        }
        hasSkip = true;
        partsSkipped++; // :: means we skipped an extra part in between the two delimiters.
        if (i == 0) {
          partsSkipped++; // Begins with ::, so we skipped the part preceding the first :
        }
        if (i == ipString.length() - 2) {
          partsSkipped++; // Ends with ::, so we skipped the part after the last :
        }
      }
    }