Jira smart value - automation for jira

Arkadiusz Baka

Hi, I want to set external ticket number to customfield by searching it in issue's comments

I have smartvalue code like: {{#issue.comments}}{{body.match(".*Ticket number: \s*(.*)")}}{{/}}

but this give me result like :

Problem is that the number is repeated three times, because it is in  three comments.

How to I get only first match in smartvalue?

i try:

{{#issue.comments}}{{body.match(".*Ticket number: \s*(.*)").get(0)}}{{/}}

but it doesn't work

Bill Sheboy

Hi @Arkadiusz Baka 

The match() function can produce a collection (not a list) when there are multiple values found.  If you want just one match, perhaps convert to a list with split() and grab the first one.

{{issue.comments.body.match(".*Ticket number: \s*(.*)").split(",").first}}

Kind regards,
Bill