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(append(toNumberList(%{issue.versions.id}),toNumberList(%{issue.fixVersions.id})))}	This example returns a distinct number list of both affected and fix version/s id/s of the current issue, e.g. 10002,10000,10001 To achieve this, the following functions are used: toNumberList() append()

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(append(toStringList(%{issue.versions}),toStringList(%{issue.fixVersions})))}

This example returns a distinct text list of both affected and fix version/s of the current issue, e.g.

1.1,1.0,2.0

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.

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()