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Short descriptionConverts text to a text list.Output Statussubtletruetitletext list UI Text Box
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This function converts a comma-separated text into a text list.

A common use case is a text list representing each of the selected elements of a selectable field like an Issue issue picker.


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If you need the actual text instead of a list, wrap your expression in a toString() function.


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toStringList(text) #Output: Text list


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%{toStringList(%{issue.components})}


This example returns a text list with each of the components selected in the current issue, e.g.:

["ui", "portal"]


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%{toString(toStringList(%{issue.labels}))}


This example returns a text with each of the labels selected in the current issue, e.g.:

"web, customer, mobile"

To achieve this, the following functions are used:



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text

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Any comma-separated text satisfying the format: "Element1, Element2".

This function is often used in combination with  selectable with selectable fields like an Issue issue picker.



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The function returns a

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Variant where you can additionally define custom separators.

Leading and trailing spaces around each list element are automatically removed.


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 toStringList(text, separators) #Output: Text list


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%{toStringList("red, orange, yellow? green; blue; purple", ",?;")}


This example returns the following text list:

["red", "orange", "yellow", "green", "blue", "purple"]



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Any text with elements separated by one of the separators defined in the second argument.
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Any separator characters.



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This function returns a

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cqllabel = "parser_func_tostringlist" and space = currentSpace()


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Short descriptionConverts text to a text list.
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