MongoDB query $in with regex array of element

Question

Ok i am trying to implement a query, which is trying to perform regex search ( which contains an array list ) on a bunch of document

Its hard for me to explain...so

Answer 1

Here is simple way to transform /.*/ style regex.

var sea = [ "/xd/", "/sd/", "/ad/" ];

var rx = [];
sea.forEach(function name(value) {
    var v = value.replace(/\//ig,"");
    rx.push(new RegExp(v));
});

db.paper.find({"category": {$in: rx}});