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Converting (or casting) data types is very important throughout all functions provided by JWT.

To be able to set, transform or calculate values it might be necessary to turn a text value to a number, a number or a timestamp to a text, and even individual text or number values to a list.

The following functions will help you to achieve that.

Available functions

FunctionShort descriptionOutput
issueKeysToIssueList()

Converts a text containing issue keys into an issue list.

ISSUE LIST

toInteger()

Converts text into an integer.

NUMBER

toNumber()Converts text into a number.

NUMBER

toNumberList()

Converts text containing numbers into a number list.

NUMBER LIST

toString()

Converts numbers and lists into plain text.

TEXT

toStringList()Converts text into a text list.

TEXT LIST


Whenever you write a numeric term at the right-hand side of the + operator or a comparison operator like = , and the left-hand side is occupied by a text term, JWT will automatically transform the right-hand side term into a text toString().

OperatorExample
+

"His age is " + 30 is equivalent to "His age is " + toString(30)

= (any comparison operator)

"30" = 30 is equivalent to "30" = toString(30)

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