How to replace symbols?

Petr AST

Hi Dear community!

Trying to solve the issue: how to replace multiple symbols? 

Using this smart value to replace a // with a . in the field summary.

{{summary.replaceAll("//", ".")}}

But how to replace multiple characters, for example // and \ and &? 

Is it possible? 

Thanks a lot!

Bill Sheboy

Hi @Petr AST 

Reading the documentation, the automation team indicates their regular expression parsing is "based upon Java's Pattern class", but no where is it fully documented what automation does and does not support for regular expressions.

I recommend experimentation with a simple, manual or scheduled triggered rule to learn what is possible.  For example, by testing I found character classes seem to work for replaceAll(), so you could try this:

{{issue.summary.replaceAll("[\&]", ".")}}

And then start chaining things which work to progressively remove things.  I found doing too much at once with automation rule RegEx doesn't lead to predicable results.

{{issue.summary.replaceAll("[\&]", ".").replaceAll("//", ".")}}

 

Kind regards,
Bill