def _find_groups(self):
        """Returns a tuple (reverse string, group count) for a url.

        For example: Given the url pattern /([0-9]{4})/([a-z-]+)/, this method
        would return ('/%s/%s/', 2).
        """
        pattern = self.regex.pattern
        if pattern.startswith('^'):
            pattern = pattern[1:]
        if pattern.endswith('$'):
            pattern = pattern[:-1]

        if self.regex.groups != pattern.count('('):
            # The pattern is too complicated for our simplistic matching,
            # so we can't support reversing it.
            return (None, None)

        pieces = []
        for fragment in pattern.split('('):
            if ')' in fragment:
                paren_loc = fragment.index(')')
                if paren_loc >= 0:
                    pieces.append('%s' + fragment[paren_loc + 1:])
            else:
                pieces.append(fragment)

        return (''.join(pieces), self.regex.groups)
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