Using a RegEx to match IP addresses in Python

Question

I\'m trying to make a test for checking whether a sys.argv input matches the RegEx for an IP address...

As a simple test, I have the following...

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Answer 1

This works for python 2.7:

import re
a=raw_input("Enter a valid IP_Address:")
b=("[0-9]+"+".")+"{3}"
if re.match(b,a) and b<255:
    print "Valid"
else:
    print "invalid"