Failing regex, space before and after the "match"

[deanhystad]

You are not getting much benefit from using re.search.

        if re.search("\s+Visual ID:\s+Z[A-Z0-9]{12}\s+$",rn_l)  : 
            print(f" matched -> {rn_l}")         
            #print(f"LINE {rn_l}")
            *gb,vid = rn_l.split(":")
            vid=vid.strip()                    
            print(f" VISUALID Number={vid} ")

Let re.search extract the information for you.

        if match := re.search("Visual ID:\s+(Z[A-Z0-9]{12})", rn_l)  : 
            vid = match.group(1)          
            print(f" VISUALID Number={vid} ")