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<DIV><FONT size=2>I have question about cmp function,follows:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>$python</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Python 2.2b1 (#1, Nov 21 2001, 10:24:36)<BR>[GCC 2.96 20000731
(Red Hat Linux 7.0)] on linux2<BR>Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or
"license" for more information.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>>>>cmp('10.66.73.78','10.0.0.0')</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>1 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>#the result 1 is my desire</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#ff0000
size=2>>>>cmp('10.66.73.78','10.255.255.255')</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#ff0000 size=2>1 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>#the result isn't my desire,I want to </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>#make '10.66.73.78' is less than
'10.255.255.255',</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>#I want to get 0,but it return 1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Where is my wrong? How to correct it? Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Edward</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>