Python newbie, equal to a string?

Question

Trying to get my head arround why I cannot match the output of the IP against a set IP and therefore render a outcome.

import urllib
import re

ip = '212.125.222.196'

url = "http://checkip.dyndns.org"

print url

request = urllib.urlopen(url).read()

theIP = re.findall(r"\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}.\d{1,3}", request)

print "your IP Address is: ",  theIP

if theIP == '211.125.122.192':
    print "You are OK"
else:
    print "BAAD"

The result is always "BAAD"

Answer 1

re.findall returns a list of matches, not a string. So you've two options now, either iterate over the list and use any:

theIP = re.findall(r"\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}.\d{1,3}", request)
if any(ip == '211.125.122.192' for ip in theIP):
    print "You are OK"
else:
    print "BAAD"  

#or simply:

if '211.125.122.192' in theIp:
    print "You are OK"
else:
    print "BAAD"  

or use re.search:

theIP = re.search(r"\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}.\d{1,3}", request)
if theIP and (theIP.group() == '211.125.122.192'):
    print "You are OK"
else:
    print "BAAD"