Check if an ip is within a certain subnet mask

check.py

import ipaddress

def is_ip_in_cidr(ip_address, cidr_range):
    try:
        network = ipaddress.ip_network(cidr_range, strict=False)
        ip = ipaddress.ip_address(ip_address)
        return ip in network
    except ValueError as e:
        return f"Error: {e}"

# Example
print(is_ip_in_cidr("10.0.0.1", "10.0.0.0/8"))  # True
print(is_ip_in_cidr("172.16.0.1", "172.16.0.0/12"))  # True
print(is_ip_in_cidr("192.168.1.1", "192.168.2.0/24"))  # False
print(is_ip_in_cidr("invalid_ip", "192.168.1.0/24"))  # Error message