how to use jq to filter select items not in list?

Question

In jq, I can select an item in a list fairly easily:

$ echo \'[\"a\",\"b\",\"c\",\"d\",\"e\"]\' | jq \'.[] | select(. == (\"a\",\"c\"))\'

Answer 1

I'm sure it is not the most simple solution, but it works :)

$ echo '["a","b","c","d","e"]' | jq '.[] | select(test("[^ac]"))'

Edit: one more solution - this is even worse :)

$ echo '["a","b","c","d","e"]' | jq '.[] | select(. != ("a") and . != ("b"))'