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Does smart value support substringsBetween functions for automation

zhangqian04

hi，

ask for help：

I want a function to get the content of a string in the specified format, and return an array of strings, and take them out in turn.

eg. {{issue.XXX.substringsBetween("[","]").get(0)}} or

//this return String[] ，I want get first、second...,but fail

best regards！

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Sam Harding

Hi,

This is possible to do, as the smart values supports regular expressions on its Strings. I believe the correct syntax for doing what you want is the following:

{{issue.XXX.match("(\[.*?\])").get(0)}}

The matching regex here will return a list of all strings which are between a [ and ]. The results will include the square brackets. If you would like to not include the square brackets in the results in the array, you can access the elements like so

{{issue.XXX.match("(\[.*?\])").get(0).substring(1,-1)}}

Hope you find this useful!

Thanks

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Bill Sheboy

Hi @zhangqian04

I had a similar issue accessing the results using the Split function for smart values... the documentation is not correct/complete.

When accessing a list, the correct syntax is {{somelist.first()}} {{somelist.last()}} or {{somelist.get(n)}} where the list is a zero-based array.

Here is what I found: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/JIRA-automation-and-a-working-example-of-the-Split-function-for/qaq-p/1395718

Try getting your substring, and then use Split() on it because substringBetween() returns a string, not an array.

Best regards,

Bill

zhangqian04

thanks firstly.

I want to use substringsBetween ,not substringBetween, substringsBetween return string array.

Sam Harding

Hi,

This is possible to do, as the smart values supports regular expressions on its Strings. I believe the correct syntax for doing what you want is the following:

{{issue.XXX.match("(\[.*?\])").get(0)}}

{{issue.XXX.match("(\[.*?\])").get(0).substring(1,-1)}}

Hope you find this useful!

Thanks

zhangqian04

thanks very much !

This method is good !

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