Help with Smart Value Strings

[Peter Jeffery]

Within a automation I am doing an Advanced compare condition that is:

{{fieldChange.toString.left(fieldChange.fromString.indexOf(":"))}}

This gets me the start of the string up to the character before the ":".  However, I want to include ":", so have tried is:

{{fieldChange.toString.left(fieldChange.fromString.indexOf(":")+1)}}

But this gives and error.  How do I add 1 to the indexOf?

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @Peter Jeffery 

You cannot add numbers like that in a smart value expression without using the mathematical expression syntax: https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-math-expressions/

Instead, please try using the plus() function, such as:

{{fieldChange.toString.left(fieldChange.fromString.indexOf(":").plus(1))}}

Kind regards,
Bill

[Florian PEREZ [Valiantys Administrator]]

Not sure but you can maybe try the following, it seems more logical to me (not sure it will work and not even sure it's possible). 

{{fieldChange.toString.left(fieldChange.fromString.indexOf(":"+1))}}