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Number list

This function removes all duplicates from a number list.

Bash

distinct(numberList) #Output: Number list

Examples

Parser expression	Description
Bash `distinct([1, 2, 1, 3, 4, 4, 5])`	This example returns [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Bash `distinct(fieldValue({issue.dueDate}, linkedIssues("is cloned by")))`	This example returns a number list of dates containing due dates of cloning issues, with only one occurrence per due date, although more than one issue may share the same due date. To achieve this, the following functions are used: fieldValue() linkedIssues()

Parser expression

Description

Bash

distinct([1, 2, 1, 3, 4, 4, 5])

This example returns

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Bash

distinct(fieldValue({issue.dueDate}, linkedIssues("is cloned by")))

This example returns a number list of dates containing due dates of cloning issues, with only one occurrence per due date, although more than one issue may share the same due date.

To achieve this, the following functions are used:

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`numberList`	number list	Any given number list.

Output

This function returns a number list .

If the list is empty, the function returns an empty number list .

Text list

This function removes all duplicates from a text list.

Bash

distinct(textList) #Output: Text list

Examples

Parser expression	Description
Bash `distinct(["blue", "green", "yellow", "blue", "yellow"])`	This example returns ["blue", "green", "yellow"]
Bash `distinct(fieldValue(%{issue.assignee}, subtasks()))`	This example returns a text list of the sub-tasks' assignees with only one occurrence per user, although a user may have more than one sub-task assigned. To achieve this, the following functions are used: fieldValue() subtasks()

Parser expression

Description

Bash

distinct(["blue", "green", "yellow", "blue", "yellow"])

This example returns

["blue", "green", "yellow"]

Bash

distinct(fieldValue(%{issue.assignee}, subtasks()))

This example returns a text list of the sub-tasks' assignees with only one occurrence per user, although a user may have more than one sub-task assigned.

To achieve this, the following functions are used:

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`textList`	text list	Any given text list.

Output

The function returns a text list .

If the list is empty, the function returns an empty text list .

Issue list

This function removes all duplicates from an issue list.

Bash

distinct(issueList) #Output: Issue list

Examples

Parser expression	Description
Bash `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()

Parser expression

Description

Bash

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()

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`issueList`	issue list	Any given issue list. Usually this value is retrieved from a function (e.g. linkedIssues() or subtasks() ).

Parameter

Input (data type)

Description

issueList

issue list

Any given issue list. Usually this value is retrieved from a function (e.g.

linkedIssues()

subtasks()

Output

This function returns an issue list .

If the list is empty, the function returns an empty issue list .

📚 Use cases and examples

Use case	JWT feature	Workflow function	Field type	Parser functions
Display reporters of linked Cloud issues	(input latin letters)		Text	executeRemoteAction() findPattern() toStringList() toString() distinct()
Components from all sub-tasks	(input latin letters)		Text	toString() distinct() fieldValue() subtasks()
Match several values of a list		Update or copy field values		toString() distinct() filterByPredicate()
Reject duplicated file names in attachments		Logical validator Logical condition		count() toStringList() distinct()