Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

1st Alternative[\s\S]*?(?<=Item)(.*?)(?=Status)[\s\S]*?(?<=Code)(.*?)(?=Category)

Character Class[\s\S]*?

*?matches any number of characters from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

Positive Lookbehind(?<=Item)

Itemthe literal text Item (case sensitive)

Group 1(.*?)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Positive Lookahead(?=Status)

Statusthe literal text Status (case sensitive)

Character Class[\s\S]*?

*?matches any number of characters from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

Positive Lookbehind(?<=Code)

Codethe literal text Code (case sensitive)

Group 2(.*?)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Positive Lookahead(?=Category)

Categorythe literal text Category (case sensitive)

2nd Alternative[\s\S]*

Character Class[\s\S]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

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25 tokens

[\s\S]*?(?<=Item)(.*?)(?=Status)[\s\S]*?(?<=Code)(.*?)(?=Category)|[\s\S]*

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