matches() | Decadis App Help Center

This function returns true, if the given text matches a regular expression, otherwise it returns false.

Bash

matches(text, regularExpression) #Output: Boolean

Parser expression	Description
Bash `matches("readme.txt", ".*\\.txt$")`	This example returns a boolean value: true
Bash `matches("Jira Workflow Toolbox", "[JWT].+")`	This example returns a boolean value: true
Bash `matches("Admin Toolbox", "[JWT].+")`	This example returns a boolean value: false
Bash `matches(%{issue.attachment.details}, "(.text/plain.){1,}")`	This example returns true if the current issue has at least one .txt file attached. This is a perfect example for a Logical validator. The field used in this expression is: Attachments with details

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`text`	text	Any given text.
`regularExpression`	text	A valid regular expression that the given text will be checked against.

This function returns a boolean

📚 Use cases and examples

Use case	Workflow function	Parser functions
Prevent external users from creating issues	Logical validator	matches() toString() textOnStringList() toStringList() userDisplayName()