I'm still not sure what exactly you want to do [Confused]
code:
; to remove the spaces
$ip=join(split(@IPADDRESS0,' '),'')
; to form an IP address
$ip=split(@IPADDRESS0,'.')
FOR $i = 0 to 3
$ip[$i]=TRIM($ip[$i])
NEXT
$ip=JOIN($ip,'.')

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