distinct()

Supported list types

This function removes all duplicates from a number list.

Syntax

distinct(numberList) #Output: Number list

Parser expression	Description
distinct([1, 2, 1, 3, 4, 4, 5])	This example returns [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
distinct(fieldValue({issue.dueDate}, linkedIssues("is cloned by")))	This example returns a number list of dates containing due dates of cloning issues, with only one occurrence per due date, although more than one issue may share the same due date. To achieve this, the following functions are used: fieldValue() linkedIssues()

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`numberList`	NUMBER LIST	Any given number list.

This function returns a NUMBER LIST.

If the list is empty, the function returns an empty NUMBER LIST.

This function removes all duplicates from a text list.

Syntax

distinct(textList) #Output: Text list

Parser expression	Description
distinct(["blue", "green", "yellow", "blue", "yellow"])	This example returns ["blue", "green", "yellow"]
distinct(fieldValue(%{issue.assignee}, subtasks()))	This example returns a text list of the sub-tasks' assignees with only one occurrence per user, although a user may have more than one sub-task assigned. To achieve this, the following functions are used: fieldValue() subtasks()

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`textList`	TEXT LIST	Any given text list.

The function returns a TEXT LIST.

If the list is empty, the function returns an empty TEXT LIST.

This function removes all duplicates from an issue list.

Syntax

distinct(issueList) #Output: Issue list

Parser expression	Description
distinct(linkedIssues())	This example returns an issue list of linked issues, with only one occurrence per issue, although an issue may be linked with more than one issue link type. To achieve this, the following functions are used: linkedIssues()

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`issueList`	ISSUE LIST	Any given issue list. Usually this value is retrieved from a function (e.g. linkedIssues() or subtasks()).

This function returns an ISSUE LIST.

If the list is empty, the function returns an empty ISSUE LIST.

Use case	Workflow function	Field type	Parser functions
Display reporters of linked Cloud issues		Text	executeRemoteAction() findPattern() toStringList() toString() distinct()
Match several values of a list	Update or copy field values		toString() distinct() filterByPredicate()
Components from all sub-tasks		Text	toString() distinct() fieldValue() subtasks()
Reject duplicated file names in attachments	Logical validator Logical condition		count() toStringList() distinct()