import socket
import sys

server="irc.freenode.net"
channel="##mychannel"
botnick="testbot"
irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
irc.connect((server,6667))
irc.send("USER "+botnick+" "+botnick+" "+botnick+" :TestBotn")
irc.send("NICK "+botnick+"n")
irc.send("PRIVMSG nickserv :iNOOPErn") #I don't know what this line does....
irc.send("JOIN "+channel+"n")

while 1:
    text=irc.recv(2040)
    print (text)
    if text.find("PING")!=-1:
        irc.send("PONG "+text.split("PING ")[i]+"rn")
    if text.find(":!hi")!=-1:
        irc.send("PRIVMSG "+channel+" :Hello!rn")