import re from urllib import urlopen   totalBans = 0 #uniqueBans = 0 regex = r'(\bSTEAM_[0-1]:[0-1]:(\d+)\b).\*)' # patlen = len((\bSTEAM_[0-1]:[0-1]:(\d+)\b).*) webpage = urlopen('http://74.63.239.234/banlist.txt')   def num_groups(regex) :     m = re.search(regex, webpage)     return re.compile(regex).groups     print m