Function to get a message from raw IRC in parser.py:

def getmsg(self,input):
	m = input.strip(":").split(":")
	global msg
	msg = m[1]

Code to print out the result in dinbot.py:

	global messages
	messages = self.parser.getmsg(data)
	print messages

Code to check for hai and respond:

	if messages == "hai":
	self.parser.sayhai(data)