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Returns all substrings matching a given regular expression.

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This function returns a text list with all substrings matching a given regular expression.


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findPattern(text, regex) #Output: Text list


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findPattern("Between 1900 and 2000 world population increase from 1.5 to 6.1 billions.", "\\d+(\\.\\d+)?")


This example returns the following text list: 

["1900", "2000", "1.5", "6.1"]


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findPattern(%{issue.somefield},"(?<=CN=).*?(?=,OU=Users)")


Assuming %{issue.somefield} is a multi-line text field containing a list of Active Directory user entries, e.g.

CN=User1,OU=Users,DC=example,DC=com
CN=User2,OU=Users,DC=example,DC=com
CN=User3,OU=Users,DC=example,DC=com
CN=User4,OU=Users,DC=example,DC=com

this example returns the following text list:

["User1", "User2", "User3", "User4"]

Extract all email addresses from a text field

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findPattern(%{issue.somefield},"([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+\\.[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)")


Assuming %{issue.somefield} is a multi-line text fiel containing email addresses, e.g.

Hello,

please use admin@example.com instead of administrator@example.com for future reference.

Kind regards,
jwt@example.com

this example returns the following text list:

["admin@example.com", "administrator@example.com", "jwt@example.com"]

Processing an Elements Connect (formerly nFeed)* custom field 

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findPattern(%{issue.somefield},"(?<=:\\[\"|\",\").*?(?=\")")

* Applicable for Elements Connect version 6 and above.

Assuming %{issue.somefield} is an Elements Connect (formerly nFeed) custom field containing the keys of the selected options, e.g.

{
    "keys":[
		"KEY-1", "KEY-2", "KEY-3"
	]
}

this example returns the following text list:

["KEY-1", "KEY-2", "KEY-3"]

Extract all user mentions from the last comment

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distinct(findPattern(%{issue.lastComment},"(?<=\\[~).*?(?=\\])"))


Assuming %{issue.lastComment} returns, e.g.

Hi [~demo] and [~user]!

this example returns the following text list:

["demo", "user"]

Extract all issue keys from the last comment

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findPattern(%{issue.lastComment},"([A-Z][A-Z0-9]+)-\\d+")


Assuming %{issue.lastComment} returns, e.g.

Hi [~admin],

this issues seems to be related to DEMO-1 and DEMO-2! 

this example returns the following text list:

["DEMO-1", "DEMO-2"]

Extract all URLs from a text field

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findPattern(%{issue.somefield},"(?<=\\|http:\\/\\/|\\|https:\\/\\/).*?(?=\\])")


Assuming %{issue.somefield} returns, e.g.

The best documentation can be found at [apps.decadis.net|https://apps.decadis.net]. Make sure to check the space for [Jira Workflow Toolbox|https://apps.decadis.net/display/JWT]! If you can't find what you're looking for there, all you have left is [Google|https://www.google.com].

this example returns the following text list:

["apps.decadis.net", "apps.decadis.net/display/JWT", "www.google.com"]



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Parameters used in this function

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Any given text.
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A valid regular expression that grabs all substrings to be replaced.



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If you want to ignore the case, have a look at the findPatternIgnoreCase() function.

findPatternIgnoreCase("Grass is Green and Sky is Blue.", "red|green|blue")findPattern("Grass is Green and Sky is Blue.", "red|green|blue")
["Green", "Blue"][ ]