Regex (re2 googlesheets) multiple values in multiline cell - regex

Getting stuck on how to read and pretty up these values from a multiline cell via arrayformula.
Im using regex as preceding line can vary.
just formulas please, no custom code
The first column looks like a set of these:
```
[config]
name = the_name
texture = blah.dds
cost = 1000
[effect0]
value = 1000
type = ATTR_A
[effect1]
value = 8
type = ATTR_B
[feature0]
name = feature_blah
[components]
0 = comp_one,1
[resources]
res_one = 1
res_five = 1
res_four = 1
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Where to be useful elsewhere, at minimum it needs each [tag] set ([effect\d], [feature\d], ect) to be in one column each, for example the 'effects' column would look like:
ATTR_A:1000,ATTR_B:8
and so on.
Desired output can also be seen in the included spreadsheet
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<b>Here is the example spreadsheet:</b>
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1arMaaT56S_STTvRr2OxCINTyF-VvZ95Pm3mljju8Cxw/edit?usp=sharing
**Current REGEXREPLACE**
Kinda works, finds each 'type' and 'value' great, just cant figure out how to extract just that from the rest, tried capture (and non-capturing) groups before and after but didnt work
=ARRAYFORMULA(REGEXREPLACE($A3:$A,"[\n.][effect\d][\n.](.)\n(.)","1:$1 2:$2"))
**Current SUBSTITUTE + REGEXEXTRACT + REGEXREPLACE**
A different approach entirely, also kinda works, longer form though and left with having to parse the values out of that string, where got stuck again. Idea was to use this to simplify, then regexreplace like above. Getting stuck removing content around the final matches though, and if can do that then above approach is fine too.
// First ran a substitute
=ARRAYFORMULA(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE($A3:$A,char(10),";"),";;",char(10)))
// Then variation of this (gave up on single line 'effect/d' so broke it up to try and get it working)
=ARRAYFORMULA(IF(A3:A<>"",IFERROR(REGEXEXTRACT(A3:A,"(?m)^(?:[effect0]);(.)$")&";;")&""&IFERROR(REGEXEXTRACT(A3:A,"(?m)^(?:[effect1]);(.)$")&";;")&""&IFERROR(REGEXEXTRACT(A3:A,"(?m)^(?:[effect2]);(.)$")&";;"),""))
// Then use regexreplace like above
=ARRAYFORMULA(REGEXREPLACE($B3:$B,"value = (.);type = (.);;","1:$1 2:$2"))
**--EDIT--**
Also, as my updated 'Desired Output' sheet shows (see timestamped comment below), bonus kudos if you can also extract just the values of matching 'type's to those extra columns (see spreadsheet).
All good if you cant though, just realized would need that too for lookups.
**--END OF EDIT--**
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Ive tried dozens of things, discarding each in turn, had a quick look in version history to grab out two promising attempts and shared them in separate sheets.
One of these also used SUBSTITUTE to simplify input column, im happy for a solution using either RAW or the SUBSTITUTE results.
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**Potentially Useful links:**
https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax
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<b>Just some more words:</b>
I also have looked at dozens of stackoverflow and google support pages, so tried both REGEXEXTRACT and REGEXREPLACE, both promising but missing that final tweak. And i tried dozens of tweaks already on both.
Any help would be great, and hopefully help others in future since examples with spreadsheets are great since every new REGEX seems to be a new adventure ;)
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P.S. if we can think of better title for OP, please say in comment or your answer :)

paste in B3:
=ARRAYFORMULA(SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(TRANSPOSE(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(
IF(C3:E<>"", C2:E2&":"&C3:E, )),,999^99))), " ", ", "))
paste in C3:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFNA(REGEXEXTRACT($A3:$A, "(\d+)\ntype = "&C2)))
paste in D3:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFNA(REGEXEXTRACT($A3:$A, "(\d+)\ntype = "&D2)))
paste in E3:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFNA(REGEXEXTRACT($A3:$A, "(\d+)\ntype = "&E2)))
paste in F3:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFNA(REGEXEXTRACT(A3:A, "\[feature\d+\]\nname = (.*)")))
paste in G3:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFNA(REGEXEXTRACT(A3:A, "\[components\]\n\d+ = (.*)")))
paste in H3:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFNA(REGEXREPLACE(INDEX(SPLIT(REGEXEXTRACT(
REGEXREPLACE(A3:A, "\n", ", "), "\[resources\], (.*)"), "["),,1), ", , $", )))
spreadsheet demo

This was a fun exercise. :-)
Caveat first: I have added some "input data". Examples:
[feature1]
name = feature_active_spoiler2
[components]
0 = spoiler,1
1 = spoilerA, 2
So the output has "extra" output.
See the tab ADW's Solution.

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At any rate, the code that I am having trouble with is essentially a way to preserve the spacing between the quoted objects. I feel like I'm beating my head against a wall trying to get this to work correctly when I know it's a matter of Regex ...
I've posted the code I'm talking about via this link.
https://github.com/secure-digits-plus-llc/FightingEntropy/blob/master/Format-XAML.ps1
Lines 43-147
It is a script block, and testing with it requires a Xaml Here String.
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-MC
Found the answer I was looking for.
Not the most eloquent way to solve the issue I was having, but it works.
"(?<=\').+?(?=\')"
When the lines are split, and you want to preserve the spacing within the quotes, then you need something like this.
I was attempting to iterate through a do loop until the array/string contained (2) single quotes, but what was happening was... 'oh. I thought you wanted to match 'adbhjikvgrfe' with '21345rfs'.
No regex. Wasn't looking to match that. sigh.
Then it was taking the spacing out between the quotes.
sigh
I gotta say... anyone who truly writes good programming...? Well, I tip my hat off to you good sir/ma'am... because... it's a frustrating job. For certain.

Regular expression with csv not finding blank space

I'm trying to parse a csv file. I got the following regular expression from google. It works pretty good except I have one issue and that it doesnt parse blank data.
let arrItem = row.match(/(".*?"|[^",]+)(?=\s*,|\s*$)/g);
arrItem = arrItem || [];
Example row data
9598,"HERE IS LOOKING AT YOU KID, LLC",85647 GOLDEN BLAH BLAH,,ASHBURN,VA,20147,USA,555-555-1511,45-1111111,SOME#GMAIL.COM,9598,,
Here is a screenshot of the arrItem:
I modified the data in the sample and covered it in the screenshot for privacy.
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I created the following sample
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396124436476092416,"Think about the life you livin but don't think so hard it hurts Life is truly a gift, but at the same it is a curse",Obey_Jony09
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(396124554353197056,"Just saw #samantha0wen and #DakotaFears at the drake concert #waddup")
(396124554172432384,"#Yutika_Diwadkar I'm just so bright 😁")
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(396124554805776385,"#MichaelThe_Lion me too 😒")
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Please help.
Can't comment, but from looking at this and testing it out, it looks like your quotes in the regex are different from those in the csv.
" in the csv
” in the regex code.
To get the tweetid try this:
B = FOREACH A GENERATE FLATTEN(REGEX_EXTRACT(line,'.*(,")',1)) AS (tweetid:long);

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I have code that currently looks like this:
replace fname = "JACK" if id==103
replace lname = "MARTIN" if id==103
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http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data-management/group-characteristics-for-subsets/index.html
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...
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For example, if:
Sheet2.B5 = 3
Sheet3.B5 = ""
Sheet4.B5 = 6
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Any help is much appreciated, I've been working on this for a while without success.
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if(not(isblank(Sheet2.B5)), Sheet2.B5,
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