This function converts the decimal representation of a number (or timestamp) to plain text

Syntax
 toString(number) #Output: Text
Examples
Parser expressionDescription
%{toString(3.141592)}

This example returns:

3.141592

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
number

NUMBER

Any given number or numeric field code.
Output

This function returns a TEXT

Variant where you can additionally define the number of decimal places.


Syntax
 toString(number, decimalPlaces) #Output: Text

Examples
Parser expressionDescription
%{toString(3.141592, 2)}

This example returns:

3.14

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
number

NUMBER

Any given number or numeric field code.
decimalPlaces

NUMBER

Any natural number including 0. 
Output

This function returns a TEXT


Number list

This function converts any number list to plain text.

A comma-separated text with the decimal representation of each numeric value will be returned.

Syntax
 toString(numberList) #Output: Text
Examples
Parser expressionDescription
%{toString([1, 2, 3, 4.0])}

This example returns:

1, 2, 3, 4

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
numberList

NUMBER LIST

Any given number list.
Output

This function returns a TEXT


Variant where you can additionally define the number of decimal places.

Syntax
 toString(numberList, decimalPlaces) #Output: Text
Examples
Parser expressionDescription
%{toString([1.123, 2.452, 3.64612, 4], 2)}

This example returns:

1.12, 2.45, 3.65, 4.00

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
numberList

NUMBER LIST

Any given number list.
decimalPlaces

NUMBER

Any natural number including 0. 
Output

This function returns a TEXT


Text list

This function converts any text list to plain text.

A comma-separated text with each value will be returned.

Syntax
 toString(textList) #Output: Text
Examples
Parser expressionDescription
%{toString(["Hello", " ", "world", "!"])}

This example returns:

Hello, , world, !

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

This example might return:

UI, portal, database

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
textList

TEXT LIST

Any given text list.
Output

This function returns a TEXT


Issue list

Converts an issue list to a comma-separated text containing issue keys.

Syntax
toString(issueList) #Output: Text
Examples
Parser expressionDescription
%{toString(subtasks())}

This example might return:

 "CRM-5, CRM-6 "

To achieve this the following functions are used:

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
issueList

ISSUE LIST

Any given issue list. Usually this value is retrieved from a function (e.g. linkedIssues() or subtasks()).
Output

This function returns a TEXT


Use cases and examples