Converting (or casting) data types is very important throughout all functions provided by JWT.
To be able to set, transform or calculate values it might be necessary to turn a text value to a number, a number or a timestamp to a text, and even individual text or number values to a list.
The following functions will help you to achieve that.
Whenever you write a numeric term at the right-hand side of the + operator or a comparison operator like = , and the left-hand side is occupied by a text term, the parser will automatically transform the right-hand side term into a text toString().
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| toNumber() |
Converts a text to a number. |
number |
| toLogicalValue() |
Converts a text and lists to a logical value. |
boolean |
| toString() |
Converts numbers and lists to plain text. |
text |
| toStringList() |
Converts text to a text list. |
text list |
| toNumberList() |
Converts text to a number list. |
number list |
| issueKeysToIssueList() |
Converts a text containing issue keys to an issue list. |
Issue list |