Support for $regex operator in $filter of aggregation pipeline.

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    • Type: New Feature
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Priority: Major - P3
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    • Component/s: Aggregation Framework
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      Motivation: There should be support in aggregation pipeline for filtering an array using regex on a text field.

      Syntax Proposal : 

      { $regex: [ "text", "pattern", "options" ] }

      Examples:
      Sample Document : 

      { _id: 1, array: [ "DBMS", "mongodb", "MongoDB", "MONGODB", "SQL", "NOSQL" ] }

      Pipeline : 

      db.collection.aggregate([ { $project: { filteredArray: { $filter: { input: "$array", as: "item", cond: { $regex: [ "$$item", "mongodb", "i" ] } } } } } ] )

      Output :

      { _id: 1, filteredArray: [ "mongodb", "MongoDB", "MONGODB" ] }

            Assignee:
            Asya Kamsky
            Reporter:
            Abhinandan Kothari
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