socket.gethostbyname() AttributeError

[Skip Montanaro]

    ralph> I assumed that for scoket.gethostbyname(host), I was to pass a
    ralph> host of the type "theodore.chipmunks.com" and that I would get
    ralph> back an IP address as a doted quad.  Obviously I am wrong about
    ralph> the form of the arguement I am to pass to the function, because I
    ralph> am getting an AttributeError message.

Probably a typo on your part.  Works for me:

    >>> import socket
    >>> socket.gethostbyname("www.yahoo.com")
    '64.58.76.222'

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