import re startpoint = "Startpoint" pattern = "(hold\d+)" res = {} count = 0 maxcount = 0 linindex = 0 lincount = 0 with open("reports/gf12/bp_single/min_delay_report_osta.rpt", "r") as f: while True: line = f.readline() lincount += 1 if not line: break m1 = re.search(startpoint, line) m2 = re.search(pattern, line) if m1: if count == 0: continue elif count in res.keys(): res[count] += 1 else: res[count] = 1 if count > maxcount: maxcount = count linindex = lincount count = 0 elif m2: count += 1 for key, val in res.items(): print("%d: %d" % (key, val)) print(maxcount) print(linindex)