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Short description

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

Extract all email addresses from a text field

%{findPattern(%{issue.somefield},"

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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"]

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mailto:)([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+\

.[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)")}

Extract all email addresses from a text field

Assuming %{issue.somefield} is a multi-line text fiel containing email addresses (added as hyperlinks), 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

lastComment},"(?<=

:\[(\"|\",\"

\~accountid:).*?(?=\

])")}

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

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

Hi [

~demo] and [~user]

~Alina Grant|~accountid:5c90f542efd65d2d3d465d7c]!

this example returns

the following text list:

["demo", "user"]

5c90f542efd65d2d3d465d7c

Extract all issue keys from the last comment

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

Extract all issue keys from the last comment

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:

/).*?(?=\])")}

Extract all URLs from a text field

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

Parameter Input (data type) Description

text

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Any given text.

regex

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A valid regular expression that grabs all substrings to be returned.

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This function returns a

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

Parser expression Output

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

["Green", "Blue"]

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

[ "Green", "Blue"][ ]]

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Returns all substrings matching a given regular expression.

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