import re pattern = "(hold\d+)" cset = set() count = 0 with open("reports/gf12/bp_single/min_delay_report_osta.rpt", "r") as f: while True: line = f.readline() if not line: break m = re.search(pattern, line) if m: name = m.group(0) if name not in cset: cset.add(name) count += 1 else: continue print(count)