Weird2JSON

script.js

function WEIRDtoJSON( weirdProtocol ) {

  var pattern = /\#\$\*\sSBR_DEALERGROUP_TARGET\.TARGET(\d+)\slookup\s\*%\d+%([\w\d]+%)/g
  var res = weirdProtocol.replace( pattern, "$2" );
  var token = res.split('%');

  var result = []; var i=0;
  while( i < token.length-1  ) {
    result.push(   {
      TYPE:token[i++],
      TARGET:token[i++],
      LEVEL:token[i++],
      TIMEOUT:token[i++],
      RAISE_PRIORITY:token[i++]
    });
  }  

  return result;
}

var result = WEIRDtoJSON( "#$* SBR_DEALERGROUP_TARGET.TARGET1 lookup *%1%SKILL%TARGET_SKILL_1%TARGET_SKILL_LEVEL_1%0ADVANCEMENT_TIME_1%PRIORITY_CHANGE_1%#$* SBR_DEALERGROUP_TARGET.TARGET2 lookup *%2%SKILL%TARGET_SKILL_2%TARGET_SKILL_LEVEL_2%ADVANCEMENT_TIME_2%PRIORITY_CHANGE_2%");

console.log( result );  

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