Automation: Attempting to save smart value match() to variable but it returns empty

[Kim Barry]

Attempting to find when a comment contains an email and save the email to a variable. I have an advanced compare to verify the comment has an email but it does not save to the variable, the second advance compare always comes back empty.

[Salih Tuç · Accepted solution]

Hi @Kim Barry , it is using Jira's Pattern class and look for matches. So, to mark a match, you need to use parentheses.

For example:

Instead of ".+@email.com", use "(.+@email.com)"

Of course, you need to modify the regex depend on your needs, it is just a dummy one :)

[Joseph Chung Yin]

@Kim Barry -

Hi Kim:

Take a look of this Atlassian KB where it gives you some information on using Regex for automation -

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/extract-content-out-of-description-and-summary-with-regex-and-automation-1157495262.html

Hope this also helps.

Best, Joseph Chung Yin