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Operators (JWT expressions)

The JWT for Jira Cloud expression parser accepts the most common comparison operators as well as logical operators.

The main purpose of these operators is to construct complex logical comparisons by linking individual expressions. 


Comparison operators

The operators, their meaning and the applicable data types you can use them with are listed below.

A comparison always returns a boolean  value.

Overview of all case-sensitive comparison operators

All operators respect the case of the characters.

Operator

Meaning

Examples (all examples return true)

=

equal to


Bash
1=1
true = true
[1, 2, 3] = [1, 2, 3]
["blue", "red", "green"] = ["blue", "red", "green"]


When working with Lists, each elements' existence and its order are being evaluated.

!=

not equal to


Bash
0 != 1
"HELLO" != "Hello"
%{issue.description} != "Hello"
true != false
[1, 2, 3] != [1, 3, 2]
["blue", "red", "green"] != ["blue", "green", "red"]


When working with Lists, each elements' existence and its order are being evaluated.

<

less than


Bash
1 < 2
"abc" < "bbc"
"abc" < "abcd"


>

greater than


Bash
2 > 1
"bbc" > "abc"
"abcd" > "abc"


<=

less than or equal to


Bash
3 <= 3


>=

greater than or equal to


Bash
"Hello world! Hello *" >= "Hello world"


~

contains


Bash
"Hello world!" ~ "world" #true. The text "world" is contained in the first text.
%{issue.components.leads} ~ %{system.currentUser} #checks whether "Component leads" contains the "Current user".
[1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4] ~ [2, 1, 2] #true
["blue", "red", "green", "red", "white", "red"] ~ ["red", "green", "red"] #true
["green", "red"] ~ ["red", "green", "red"] #false


!~

does not contain


Bash
"world" !~ "Hello world!" #false. The text "world" is contained in the first text.
%{issue.fixVersions} !~ %{issue.versions} #false if all "Affects version/s" are also selected as "Fix version/s".
[1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4] !~ [2, 1, 1, 4] #true
["blue", "red", "green", "red", "red"] !~ ["red", "green", "green", "red"] #true


in

is contained in


Bash
[1, 1, 2] in [2, 1, 1, 1, 4] #true
["blue", "red", "red"] in ["red", "green", "blue", "red", "red"] #true
2 in [1, 2, 3] #true
"blue" in ["red, "blue", "white"] #true


not in

is not contained in


Bash
"Hello world!" not in "world" #true
[1, 1, 2, 2] not in [2, 1, 1, 1, 4] #true
["blue", "red", "red", "blue"] not in ["red", "blue", "red", "red"] #true 
5 not in [1, 2, 3, 3, 4] #true
"orange" not in ["blue", "red", "white"] #true


any in

any element is in


Bash
[1, 3] any in [3, 4, 5] #true
["blue", "white"] any in ["black", "white", "green"] #true


none in

no single element is in


Bash
[1, 2] none in [3, 4, 5] #true
["blue", "red"] none in ["black", "white", "green"] #true


When comparing lists, the exact number of occurence (cardinality) per element must match. 

Parser expression

Output

Description


Bash
["blue", "red", "green", "red", "white", "red"] ~ ["red", "green", "red"]


true

This expression returns true, since the element (text) red appears at least twice in the first list and the element (text) green occurs at least once in the first list.


Bash
["green", "red"] ~ ["red", "green", "red"]


false

This expression returns false, since the element (text) red does not

appear

twice in the first list. 

Applicable data types

Below you find a comprehensive matrix of all operators and applicable data types .

Comparison Operator

BOOLEAN

number

Text

number list

text list

issue list

=

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

!=

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

<

-

✅

✅

-

-

-

>

-

✅

✅

-

-

-

<=

-

✅

✅

-

-

-

>=

-

✅

✅

-

-

-

~

-

-

✅

✅

✅

✅

!~

-

-

✅

✅

✅

✅

in

-

-

-

✅

✅

✅

not in

-

-

-

✅

✅

✅

any in

-

-

-

✅

✅

✅

none in

-

-

-

✅

✅

✅
Things to be aware of

Please be aware the both operands of the respective comparison must have the same data type. The only exceptions are the following:

  • Automatic casting from  number to text : Whenever you write a numeric term at the right-hand side of 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 (e.g. "30" = 30 will be interpreted the same way as "30" = "30")

  • Single values as operand in list operations: Operators ~, !~, in  and not in can be used for checking a single element ( number or text ) against a  number list  or a  text list

  • Comparison with the null value: A field which is not set or an empty text is interpreted as null. A  number  field, which doesn't contain a number, is also interpreted as null.

Things to remember

Remember

Examples

Operators ~, !~, in  and not in can be used for checking a single element ( number or text ) against a  number list  or a  text list


Bash
1 in [1, 2, 3] 
["blue", "red"] ~ "blue"


Operators ~, !~, in  and  not in when used with a text are useful to look for substrings in another string.


Bash
"I love coding" ~ "love"
"I don't like Mondays" !~ "Fridays"
"love" in "I love coding"
"Fridays" not in "I don't like Mondays"


Operators  ~, !~, in  and  not in  respect cardinality, i.e., container list must have at least the same number of elements as contained list.


Bash
[1, 1] in [1, 1, 1]
[1, 1] not in [1, 2, 3]


Operators = and != , when used for comparing lists, require to have the same elements, with the same cardinality and the same order.


Bash
[1, 2, 3] = [1, 2, 3]
[4, 5, 6] != [4, 6, 5]


Operators <, >, <= and >= work according to lexicographical order when comparing text.


Bash
1 < 2
"abc" < "bbc"
"abcd" > "abc"



Logical operators

The table below lists all logical operators that can be used for linking logical terms in an expression.

They take logical terms (which return  boolean  values) as operands and can thus be built using:

  • a boolean value

  • a JWT expression parser function returning a boolean value

  • a comparison

  • a logical term enclosed by brackets ()

  • two logical terms connected with a logical operator, where boolean literals and comparisons themselves are logical terms.

Logical operators can only be used in logical expressions in the Logical mode or in combination with the conditional operator.

Overview of all logical operators

Operator

Meaning

Precedence

NOT or  !

logical negation

1 (highest)

AND  or  &

logical conjunction

2

OR or  |

logical disjunction

3

XOR

exclusive or, i.e.,  a XOR b   is equivalent to   a AND !b OR !a AND b

3

IMPLIES or  IMP

logical implication, i.e.,  a IMPLIES b   is equivalent to  !a OR b

4

XNOR  or  EQV

logical equivalence, i.e.,  a EQV b   is equivalent to  a IMPLIES b AND b IMPLIES a

4 (lowest)

A single logical term can be enclosed by brackets () in order to increase the readability of the expressions or to define a precedence which differs from the given one. 

Logical operators can also be written in lower case (e.g. and , or )

Conditional operator

The conditional operator, ?-operator, is a powerful one to construct conditional expressions.

It basically allows you to construct the following expression: IF logical_expression  true THEN  term_1   ELSE  term_2.

<logical_expression> ? <term_1> : <term_2> 

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Examples of using the conditional operator

Expression

Description

 


%{%{issue.priority} = "Highest" ? "Please have a look at this issue immediately" : "No stress, come back later"}


IF the priority of an issue is Highest,

THEN this function will return the  text  "Please have a look at this issue immediately"

ELSE it will return the  text  "No stress, come back later".

 


%{{issue.dueDate} != null ? ({issue.dueDate} - {system.currentDateTime}) / HOUR : 0}


IF an issue does have a due date set (due date is not null),

THEN this function will return the  number of hours from the current date-time to the due date 

ELSE it will return the  number 0.

 


%{%{issue.somefield} = "Red" ? "Color" : "No color"}


IF a custom field (e.g. a select list) has a value of Red,

THEN this function will return the text Color, 

ELSE it will return No color.

 


%{timePart({system.currentDateTime}, RUN_AS_LOCAL) > 21:00 OR timePart({system.currentDateTime}, RUN_AS_LOCAL) < 7:00 ? "Night" : "Day"}


IF the current time is between 21:00 and 7:00

THEN this function will return the  text  "Night" ,

ELSE it will return the  text  "Day".