Routes not rewriting links properly

[eluser]jvicab[/eluser]
if what you want is convert example.com/index.php/electronics/notebook/$1 into example.com/index.php/item/toshiba try
$route['electronics/(:any)/(:any)']='items/$2';
this rewrite the url changing electronics(the name of your controller) by items, and append the third parameter. Again, I am not sure what you would like your url to be