Remove letters from text with automation

[Chasovskikh Kirill]

hi !

there is smart value for remove characters

{{issue.summary.remove("x")}}

is there any fast way to remove 3 characters x,y,z with one smart value?

because {{issue.summary.remove("x","y","z")}} return empty value

[Tim Perrault · Accepted solution]

Hello @Chasovskikh Kirill 

You could use replaceAll

{{issue.summary.replaceAll("[xyz]", "")}}

[Chasovskikh Kirill]

Thank you, Tim! 

It works great for letters. 

Do you know how to use it for symbols like 

{{issue.summary.replaceAll("[ [] ]", "")}}
 

Or maybe how to use it for smart values?

{{issue.summary.replaceAll("[{{test}}]", "")}}

 This smart values returns an error

[Tim Perrault]

Your welcome. We are actually using regex so I don't think we can use a smart value, but we can get rid of brackets.

{{issue.summary.replaceAll("[\[\]]", "")}}

[Dan Breyen · Accepted solution]

I could be wrong, but it appears you'll have to do it three times.  I don't see another function here Apache String Utils  or other variations of remove that will let you do multiples within one call.

Hope that helps.

[Chasovskikh Kirill]

Thank you for the reply!

And do you know, is there any way to remove from text another smart value ? 

f.e. {{issue.summary.remove("{{test}}")}}

[Dan Breyen]

I bookmarked this page for all the Smart Value stuff: Smart Values 

I don't have an exact answer, but it appears you can put 'test' in there and it will take out the whole word.  If you don't put it in quotes, would it do it?

Or try using quote() or trim() to pass in the value?  If you don't get a definite answer, and need to know, I would ask support (support.atlassian.com).

[Chasovskikh Kirill]

I don't have an exact answer, but it appears you can put 'test' in there and it will take out the whole word.  If you don't put it in quotes, would it do it?

without quotes it works, but I need to remove from a field a smart value or a variable