Supported list types

Number list

This function sorts a given number list in a specified order. Available orders are ASC (for ascending order) and DESC (for descending order).

Syntax
sort(numberList, order) #Output: Number list
Examples
Parser expressionDescription
%{sort([2, 4, 3, 5, 1], ASC)}

This example returns

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

%{sort(toNumberList(%{issue.description}), DESC)}

This example returns a number list in the description sorted by descending order:

[4, 3, 2, 1, -6]

To achieve this, the following functions are used:

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
numberList

NUMBER LIST

Any given number list.
order

TEXT

Available orders are ASC (for ascending order) and DESC (for descending order).
Output

This function returns a NUMBER LIST


Text list

Variant for text lists.

Syntax
sort(textList, order) #Output: Text list
Examples
Parser expressionDescription
%{sort(["red", "blue", "green"], ASC)}

This example returns

["blue", "green", "red"]

%{sort(toStringList(%{issue.components}), DESC)}

This example returns a  text list of the components of the current issue sorted in descending order, e.g. 

["UX", "UI", Cloud"]
 

To achieve this, the following functions are used:

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
textList

TEXT LIST

Any given text list.
order

TEXT

Available orders are ASC (for ascending order) and DESC (for descending order).
Output

This function returns a TEXT LIST


Issue list

Variant for issue lists.

The list is sorted by Issue keyAvailable orders are ASC (for ascending order) and DESC (for descending order).

Syntax
sort(issueList, order) #Output: Issue list
Examples
Parser expressionDescription
sort(linkedIssues("is blocked by"), ASC)

This example returns an issue list of issues blocking current issue, sorted in ascending order by their Issue key.

To achieve this, the following functions are used:

sort(subtasks(), ASC)

This example returns an issue list of sub-tasks, sorted in ascending order by their key.

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()).
order

TEXT

Available orders are ASC (for ascending order) and DESC (for descending order).
Output

The function returns an ISSUE LIST


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