>> This is what I was trying but LooseVersion() was not sorting version numbers >> like I thought it would. You will notice that Chrome version "40.0.2214.111" >> is higher than "40.0.2214.91" but in the end result it's not sorting it that >> way. > > Because it's a string they're sorted lexicographically, and in that > ordering "40.0.2214.111" is less than "40.0.2214.91". Instead of a > string you should probably use some sort of version info tuple. A > simple tuple of ints may suffice, although you may need to get a > little cleverer if there are ever any version strings that aren't > entirely dotted numeric.
Also, Python 3.4 comes with an ipaddress module. >>> import ipaddress >>> address_string_1 = "2.2.3.4" >>> address_string_2 = "10.2.3.4" >>> address_string_2 > address_string_1 False >>> ip_address_1 = ipaddress.ip_address(address_string_1) >>> ip_address_2 = ipaddress.ip_address(address_string_2) >>> ip_address_2 > ip_address_1 True -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
