sublist()

Supported list types

This function returns a sublist of a given number list by using a start index (first element) and end index (last element).

Syntax

sublist(numberList, startIndex, endIndex) #Output: Number list

Parser expression	Description
sublist([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 2, 4)	This example returns: [2, 3, 4]

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`numberList`	NUMBER LIST	Any given number list.
`startIndex`	NUMBER	A valid index must be >= 1 and <= count(numberList) which is the maximum number of elements in the list.
`endIndex`	NUMBER	A valid index must be >= 1 (and >= startIndex) and <= count(numberList) which is the maximum number of elements in the list.

This function returns a NUMBER LIST

Variant for text lists.

Syntax

sublist(textList, startIndex, endIndex) #Output: Text list

Parser expression

Description

sublist(["red", "green", "blue", "purple", "white"], 2, 4)

This example returns:

["green", "blue", "purple"]

sublist(invertList(allComments()), 1, 5)

This example returns a text list with the last 5 comments of the current issue.

To achieve this, the following functions are used:

invertList(sublist(invertList(allComments()), 1, 5))

OR

sublist(allComments(), count(allComments()) - 4, count(allComments()))

This example returns a text list with the last 5 comments of the current issue in ascending order.

To achieve this, the following functions are used:

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`textList`	TEXT LIST	Any given text list.
`startIndex`	NUMBER	A valid index must be >= 1 and <= count(textList) which is the maximum number of elements in the list.
`endIndex`	NUMBER	A valid index must be >= 1 (and >= startIndex) and <= count(textList) which is the maximum number of elements in the list.

This function returns a TEXT LIST

Variant for issue lists.

Syntax

sublist(issueList, startIndex, endIndex)  #Output: Issue list

Parser expression	Description
sublist(subtasks(), 1, 3)	This example returns an issue list with the first 3 sub-tasks.

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()).
`startIndex`	NUMBER	A valid index must be >= 1 and <= count(issueList) which is the maximum number of elements in the list.
`endIndex`	NUMBER	A valid index must be >= 1 (and >= startIndex) and <= count(issueList) which is the maximum number of elements in the list.

This function returns an ISSUE LIST

Use case
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