Jira automation rule: Capture a string ending with 2 options

[William van Dalen]

Hi,

A Jira smart value question in an automation rule :

In the description of a Jira issue i captured a string until this string ends with a new line. This works fine.

{{issue.description.substringAfter("Subject").split("\n").first().

However, sometimes instead of a new line (\n) the string ends with a horizontal line (---). Hoe can i combine this (thus new line and horizontal line).

Regards, Will

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @William van Dalen 

How often do you expect the "---" text in your Description, in what format / length, etc.?

You could try first replacing multiple occurrences of hyphens with a single newline using the replaceAll() function and a regular expression.  For example:

{{issue.description.replaceAll("(\-{3,})", "\n").split("\n").first}}

When you expect multiple hyphen sections / horizontal lines, you may need to account for which record to access, rather than assuming it is the first one.

Kind regards,
Bill

[William van Dalen]

Hi Bill,

With your reply eventually i wrote {{issue.description.substringAfter("Subject:").replaceAll("---", "\n").split("\n").first()}}.

I tested it and i sent it to the consultant. It looks that it's okay.

Thank you for your support.

Regards, Will